Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Francis Duane Battista
Headstone of Francis Duane Battista
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Francis Duane Battista

Lance Corporal
1948 – 1967
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 29E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials In Our Keeping

Lance Corporal Francis Duane Battista served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Francis served in the Vietnam War. Francis was 19 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Gunshot wound
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Nam
Keepsakes
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
HQ CO, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0331: MACHINE GUNNER
LCPL
MACHINEGUNNER
QUANG NAM
1967
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 29E · Line 70 cut as FRANCIS D BATTISTA
In Our Keeping
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Francis Duane Battista
Lance Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1967
5th Marines
Lance Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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