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WILLIE FRANCIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1942 – June 21, 1966
Service recordWillie Francis JR, of Franklin, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 71
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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
- November 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Franklin, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 71
- MILLARD LEROY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JAMES GREGORY CONDON IIISpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- JOSEPH HENRY COOPER JRSergeant · June 21, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT HALLPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
From Franklin
- CLARENCE IVORY HENRYStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- MILTON JOHN MENDOZACorporal · August 20, 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.