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EUGENE DELANO FRANKLIN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 4, 1933 – June 24, 1965
Service recordEugene Delano Franklin, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 17
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 17
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
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.