VIETNAM - CLEAVER, FRANCIS CRAIG

Cleaver, Francis Craig

VIETNAM - CLEAVER, FRANCIS CRAIG
CLEAVER, FRANCIS CRAIG

Rank: Private, Pv-2 (Army), Pvt (Airforce, Marine Corps)

Unit: Howitzer Battery, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Regular

Date of birth: 6-Sep-1948

Hometown: New Castle, Pennsylvania

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 30-Nov-1966

Start of tour: 19-May-1967

Incident date: 29-May-1967

Date of casualty: 29-May-1967

Age at death: 18

Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes.

Location of fatality: South Vietnam

Place of interment: Oak Park Cemetery, New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 21E 010 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)