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CLARENCE RICHARD FRANKLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – April 11, 1971
Service recordClarence Richard Franklin, of Hamilton, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Alabama (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 117
- ERIC MELVIN KELLYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
- HUGH MICHAEL PETTITWarrant Officer 1 · April 10, 1971
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 11, 1971
- WAYNE CARLOS BAGGETTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THADDEUS DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 118
From Hamilton
- BOBBY SAM FRYEMaster Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · August 27, 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.