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BERNARD LEE FRANKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – May 24, 1967
Service recordBernard Lee Franke, of Mt Olive, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, Illinois (Macoupin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAHALANEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- MORRIS DWAINE NEWLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE KACHLINESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 96
- MICHAEL STEVEN LYLEPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 96
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 96
- GERALD JOHN PYSHERSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 98
From Mt Olive
- MEADDOW JOHN OLSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 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.