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Francis J. Wiercinski

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Francis J. Wiercinski
Lieutenant General Francis J. Wiercinski in May 2011
Allegiance United States
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1979–2013
RankLieutenant General
CommandsUnited States Army Pacific
United States Army, Japan
187th Infantry Regiment
6th Ranger Training Battalion
Battles / warsUnited States invasion of Panama
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal (2)
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (4)

Lieutenant General Francis J. (Frank) Wiercinski is a retired United States Army officer who was the Commander United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). Wiercinski joined the US Army in 1979.

On December 20, 1989, then Captain Wiercinski, Company Commander of Bravo Company, 3/75 Ranger Regiment, led his rangers during a night-time combat jump into Rio Hato, Panama during Operation Just Cause, assisting in the Regiment's successful seizure of the airfield.

He was previously the Deputy Commander for Support, of the Multinational Division North, Iraq.[1] The troops under his command were responsible for a large part of Iraq, stretching from Baghdad to the Turkish border, and east and west to the borders of Iran and Syria.

During Operation Anaconda (2002), in Afghanistan, Wiercinski (then a colonel) was commander of the 187th Infantry Regiment (a. k. a. "The Rakkasans"), 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Awards and decorations

Combat Infantryman Badge (2 awards)
Master Parachutist Badge with one bronze Combat Jump Device
Ranger tab
Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
101st Airborne Division Combat Service Identification Badge
187th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia
4 Overseas Service Bars
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Army Distinguished Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with three bronze oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star with "V" Device and oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Silver oak leaf cluster
 Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
Valorous Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Superior Unit Award
Bronze star
 National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Arrowhead
 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with Arrowhead device
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Arrowhead device and service star
Bronze star
 Iraq Campaign Medal with service star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral 4
Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star
Meritorious Service Medal (Canada, military version)
Unidentified award
Unidentified award
Hawaiian Medal of Honor

References

  1. ^ Beaumont, Peter (15 July 2007). "Violence ebbing. Wealth returning. Can this be Iraq?: The clamour is growing in America and Britain for troops to be brought home. Violence grips large parts of the country. But elsewhere the green shoots of recovery are showing through the rubble". The Observer.
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Preceded by Commander, United States Army Pacific
2010–2013 		Succeeded by
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