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The San Dewayne Francisco Memorial Archives

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San Dewayne Francisco was born in Buckland Missouri in 1944. His family soon moved to Burbank Washington, where he grew up. San attended Kennewick High School where he was three sport athlete He graduated from Kennewick High School in 1962. 1962. From 1962 to 1966 San attended Central Washington State College (now Central Washington University) in Ellensburg. While at Central, San played football and wrestled while working three jobs to support his wife and son.

After graduating from Central and completing his Air Force ROTC training, San was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force in 1964. He then went to Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas to complete advanced pilot training.

He was a member of the 555 (triple nickel) Squadron and flew the F4D Phantom fighter jet. In 1968 San was sent to Vietnam where he completed his required number of missions and was scheduled to meet his wife for R&R in December, but on November 25, 1968 another pilot was ill and San volunteered to fly one more mission.

Major San Dewayne Francisco was shot down over North Vietnam on November 25,1968. He and the other pilot both ejected and landed near a North Vietnamese encampment. He established radio contact with search and rescue but had broken his legs and was soon captured by the enemy. He was laid in a field as an attempt to ambush the search and rescue, but was able to signal that it was a trap keeping another aircraft from being shot down. He was killed by shrapnel from a following bombing run. The North Vietnamese buried his body in the bomb crater. A few days later his remains were disinterred and used for propaganda photographs as the 2000th American pilot shot down. His remain were re-interred nearby, and there is an ongoing effort to find his remains.

The documents in this collection were collected by Terri Francisco-Farrell, San’s sister. This collection records her brother’s life and her efforts to have her brother’s remains returned to the United States. Air Force ROTC cadets, library students, and library faculty scanned the collection and present it here for continued education and awareness of the many men and women who remain missing from the Vietnam conflict.

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  • May through September 2018 Excavations by San Dewayne Francisco

    May through September 2018 Excavations

    San Dewayne Francisco

    Photos of forensic archaeology in North Vietnam of efforts to find the remains of San Dewayne Francisco.

  • Passing the POW/MIA Bracelet by San Dewayne Francisco

    Passing the POW/MIA Bracelet

    San Dewayne Francisco

    Brief video of the Air Force ROTC Cadets at Central Washington University passing the San Dewayne Francisco Memorial bracelet in May 2019. Detachment 895 (Cascade Cowboys) is the Air Force unit at CWU.

  • Family Conference Report with Map by San Dewayne Francisco

    Family Conference Report with Map

    San Dewayne Francisco

  • 2018 National POW/MIA Recognition Day by San Dewayne Francisco

    2018 National POW/MIA Recognition Day

    San Dewayne Francisco

    Report to National League of POW/MIA Families

  • AFMES-AFDIL Capabilities, Assets and Resources by McMahon P. Timothy

    AFMES-AFDIL Capabilities, Assets and Resources

    McMahon P. Timothy

    Copy of Presentation at National League of Families from June 22, 2018

  • Information Derived from Incident-Related Material Analysis-DPAA by John Goines

    Information Derived from Incident-Related Material Analysis-DPAA

    John Goines

    Copy of Report of Information Derived from Incident-Related Material Analysis-DPAA

  • National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia 49th Annual Meeting by San Dewayne Francisco

    National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia 49th Annual Meeting

    San Dewayne Francisco

    Program from National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia 49th Annual Meeting

  • Candelllight Ceremony Guide by San Dewayne Francisco

    Candelllight Ceremony Guide

    San Dewayne Francisco

    FromNational League of Families American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia

  • Report to National League of POW/MIA Families by San Dewayne Francisco

    Report to National League of POW/MIA Families

    San Dewayne Francisco

  • Status of the POW MIA Issue by San Dewayne Francisco

    Status of the POW MIA Issue

    San Dewayne Francisco

    Report to National League of POW/MIA Families

 

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