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FRANKLIN ALVIN HAMM
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 24, 1944 – November 19, 1970
Service recordFranklin Alvin Hamm, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 71
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 71
- BRUCE CHARLES HALBACHSergeant · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 1970
- THOMAS LELAND OSTEEN JRCorporal · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE CHARLES HALBACHSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 71
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.