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FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1934 – November 22, 1968
Service recordFranklin D Roosevelt Efird, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 34
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 34
- JAMES LEE CRANDELLCorporal · November 22, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM FISH JRPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- CLARENCE EUGENE GOSSStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALEXANDER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 33
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 36
- THEODORE MOSTOWSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 37
From Hot Springs
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHESLieutenant (junior grade) · August 10, 1965
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 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.