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CHARLES STEPHEN FRANCO
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1940 – June 7, 1966
Service recordCharles Stephen Franco, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 7, 1966, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 12, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 16
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- MARK LANE CORRIEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT LOYD EMERSONPrivate · June 7, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.