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FRANKLIN ALSTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1945 – June 26, 1966
Service recordFranklin Alston JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 96
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- WILBURN HUGH BOYDLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- CHARLES CHUCK BROWNSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 96
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 97
- LEWIS JAMES JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- JACK DANIEL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 98
- HARRY TRACY RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 99
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 99
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.