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CLARK DAVID FRANKLIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 7, 1942 – April 24, 1966
Service recordClark David Franklin, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 24, 1966, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (ABE3)
- Born
- November 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Added to the Wall
- 2013
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 94
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS CARNOSKEPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- JOHN K DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1967
- JUAN GARCIASpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2013, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.