MSSN Lakeina Monique Francis

MSSN Lakeina Monique Francis

Birth
Death
12 Oct 2000
Burial
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Plot
VA Section 8, grave 327
Memorial ID
5837935 View Source
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Lakeina Monique Francis was born on June 7, 1981 to Ronald and Sarah Francis. She graduated from Eastern Wayne High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in 1999, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy April 11, 2000. After attending Basic Training in Great Lakes, Illinois, Francis was a student at Mess Management Specialist School in Gulfport, Mississippi. She reported to USS Cole (DDG 67) on Sept. 27, 2000. Francis was killed in the line of duty when a terrorist bomb was detonated along the port side of the ship while it was refueling in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, 2000. Mess Management Specialist Seaman Francis was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, and Navy Unit Commendation.
Contributor: S. M. (51378526)
Lakeina Monique Francis was born on June 7, 1981 to Ronald and Sarah Francis. She graduated from Eastern Wayne High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in 1999, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy April 11, 2000. After attending Basic Training in Great Lakes, Illinois, Francis was a student at Mess Management Specialist School in Gulfport, Mississippi. She reported to USS Cole (DDG 67) on Sept. 27, 2000. Francis was killed in the line of duty when a terrorist bomb was detonated along the port side of the ship while it was refueling in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, 2000. Mess Management Specialist Seaman Francis was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, and Navy Unit Commendation.
Contributor: S. M. (51378526)

Inscription

MSSN
US Navy
Purple Heart
LOVING DAUGHTER
AND SISTER

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed ), memorial page for MSSN Lakeina Monique Francis (7 Jun 1981–12 Oct 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5837935, citing Salisbury National Cemetery Annex, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Havis McDonald (contributor 46492599).