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DOUGLAS M FRANKLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1944 – August 1, 1967
Service recordDouglas M Franklin, of Lexington, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 60
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Lexington, Virginia (Lexington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 60
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT ELMOREPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ALVIN MAYNARD GOODWINLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- GUSTAVE FRANKLIN GUDLESKECaptain · August 1, 1967
From Lexington
- ROGER LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- CHARLES CARROLL PARISHLieutenant Commander · July 25, 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.