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WILLIAM FRANCISCO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – January 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Francisco JR, of Summit, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Summit, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 64
- WILLIAM WALLACE FORDMajor · January 10, 1969
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- PETER F GERSTENLAUERAirman First Class · January 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEE WESTLIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CURTIS FITZWATERSergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 63
- DOUGLAS LE ROY RANSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
- CURTIS ROBERT STOCKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
From Summit
- MANUEL LOUIS FONTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- TERRENCE PATRICK RYANLieutenant · January 11, 1970
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.