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WILLIAM RICHARD FRANCE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1947 – September 6, 1967
Service recordWilliam Richard France, of Garfield Heights, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Garfield Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 9
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- LYDES JAY GARNER JRSergeant · September 6, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
From Garfield Heights
- DAVID WILLIAM HARTLEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- VAN CHAFFEEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL SUNDAYSpecialist Five · September 29, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BRUCKNERSergeant · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · May 5, 1968
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
- DANA LAWRENCE ZALESKIPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.