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FRANKLIN D DEFENBAUGH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 23, 1933 – November 29, 1970
Service recordFranklin D Defenbaugh, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 90
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
- Personnel/Administrative Technician (711A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 90
- GEORGE BEEDYSpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
- JOSEPH CARLTON BLACKWELLSergeant · November 29, 1970
- ELMON C CAUDILL IIFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- JACK RONALD GIBBSSergeant · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · Panel 6W, Line 89
- GEORGE BEEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 90
- JOSEPH CARLTON BLACKWELLSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 90
- SAMUEL A GRAYSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 91
- CHARLES A JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 92
- WILLIAM DANIEL KENNEDY IIICaptain · Panel 6W, Line 92
- ARTHUR JOHN MENNPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 94
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JACQUESPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 95
- DONALD ANTHONY SLATESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 95
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DAVID LENOX BANKSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
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.