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ALBERT MERK FRANSEN JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 9, 1944 – July 2, 1969
Service recordAlbert Merk Fransen JR, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMCOSDIV 15
- Born
- October 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 45
- JOHN LEROY FLINNCaptain · July 2, 1969
- MELVIN SHOICHI FUJITAStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1969
- HOUSTON GULLEYSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT WILSON HOLDITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 2, 1969
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.