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AMOS LEE FRANKLIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1945 – May 13, 1968
Service recordAmos Lee Franklin, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 22
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 22
- DAVID ADAME GARCIASpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM HAERLESpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- TOMMY LEE HANKISONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTONI BOGUSLAW PURWINSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 1
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.