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CHARLES ROBERT FRANKLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – April 17, 1968
Service recordCharles Robert Franklin, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES CHARLES DELAPLANEHospitalman · April 17, 1968
- JAMES EGBERT DICKERSONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- GEORGE STEVEN ELBERTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID WINSLOWPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 25
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 30
- JERRY MOSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 31
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.