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ARLIN DALE FRANKEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – July 17, 1969
Service recordArlin Dale Franken, of Sioux Center, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Sioux Center, Iowa (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 10
- DENNIS WILLIAM BINGHAMSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE EMEIGHStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1969
- NOEL KEITH GARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GEORGE EMEIGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 10
- JULIO QUINONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 11
From Sioux Center
- RANDALL KARL SCHUTTCorporal · January 31, 1968
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.