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BARRY RICHARD FRANKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1946 – January 17, 1969
Service recordBarry Richard Franks, of Guasti, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Guasti, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 23
- GREG BENSON ELLISONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- JOSEPH ESCAMILLASergeant · January 17, 1969
- EDWIN JAMES FICKLERCaptain · January 17, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN FLEMINGCaptain · January 17, 1969
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.