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THOMAS EARL FRANCIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – September 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Earl Francis, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 59
- HOWARD ARTHUR CHAMBERLINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- GERALD AUGUSTINE CULHANEStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1967
- THOMAS LEROY FORBESMaster Sergeant · September 12, 1967
- CALVIN LEE MCDAVISPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEROY FORBESMaster Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 59
- CALVIN LEE MCDAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 59
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.