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WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – March 9, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Francis, of Southfield, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 100
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Southfield, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 100
- ENCARNACION LEDESMAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCCARRONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- REX LEWIS PARCELS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 9, 1970
- HAL EDWARD PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 98
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 99
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 101
From Southfield
- DON GAYNOR BOYDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS MILLAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES FRANCISSergeant · September 30, 1967
- DENNIS GREENWALDPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · August 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD BERGPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
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.