FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIER

Company C 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 11/17/1967

 

 

Age: 21
Race: Negro
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jul 8, 1946
From: HOUSTON, TX
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Aug 17, 1967
Casualty was on Nov 17, 1967
In DARLAC, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 30E - Line 7

 

Francis Cormier was killed in action by a gunshot wound while on a combat operation
when his unit engaged a hostile force in a firefight.

 

 

 

Francis Joseph Cormier in Vietnam

Photo courtesy of Randy Becker, C Company 7/67-7/68, via Fred Childs

 

 

 

 

Francis J. Cormier's decorations

 

 

 

 

 

Pin honoring the 881 Killed in Action in Vietnam from the State of Louisiana

 

 

 

 

Francis Joseph Cormier is buried in the St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

 

 

The grave of Francis Joseph Cormier

Photo courtesy of Betty John

 

 

Grave marker for Francis J. Cormier

Photo courtesy of Betty John

 

 

 

 

The grave of Francis Joseph Cormier, November 17, 2012

Photo by Michael Belis

 

 

 

Grave marker for Francis Joseph Cormier, November 17, 2012
with card honoring him placed by the 1st Battalion website

Photo by Michael Belis

 

 

 

Grave marker for Francis Joseph Cormier, November 17, 2012

Photo by Margaret Belis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top photo by Margaret Belis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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