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Name: Francis Edward Visconti
Rank/Branch: O3/US Marine Corps
Unit: HMM 362, MAG 36
Date of Birth: 16 November 1934
Home City of Record: Syracuse NY
Date of Loss: 22 November 1965
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 151605N 1085022E (BT720060)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: UH34D
Refno: 0192


Other Personnel In Incident:
Thomas E. Douglas; Richard A. Miller; Victor J. Pirker (all missing)


Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15
October 1990 from one or more of the following:
raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families,
published sources, interviews.
Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK 1998.



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On November 22, 1965, Capt. Francis E. Visconti
was the pilot of a UH34D helicopter flying with other
aircraft on a combat mission in South Vietnam
Bad weather forced Visconti's aircraft out to sea
about halfway between Chu Lai and Quang Ngai,
and he was separated from the rest of the group.


Also onboard the aircraft were Capt. Richard A. Miller, Cpl.
Thomas E. Douglas, and Cpl. Victor J. Pirker, all from the
same unit. The helicopter went down and all four Marines
were classified Missing in Action. The casualty is listed as
battle related, which means the aircraft was probably hit by
enemy fire. The U.S. believes that the Vietnamese
could account for the four men.


There has been no word of any of the crew of that
ill-fated chopper since that day. The Vietnamese
have denied any knowledge of them.


Evidence mounts that Americans are still alive in Southeast Asia.
There have been hundreds of eye-witnesses who have said they
personally saw them. It is not known whether any of the crew
of the UH34 helicopter survived and are among those said to be
alive and still held prisoner, but someone's brother, son, husband,
or father is alive. We owe them our very best effort to bring them home.

Richard A. Miller and Francis E. Visconti
were promoted to the rank of Major,
Thomas E. Douglas and Edward C. Upner to the rak of Staff Sergeant
during the period they were maintained missing.



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