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WILLIE FRANCIS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1946 – November 21, 1965
Service recordWillie Francis JR, of Harvey, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 105
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Harvey, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 105
- BILLY JOE WILSONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- OSCAR EDMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1965
- WALTER CHARLES MILLERLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
From Harvey
- JAMES MICHAEL DARBYPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- DARYL BERT TERHUNE JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JAMES MACKStaff Sergeant · August 23, 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.