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FRANKLIN DALLAS SUMMERS
Captain · U.S. Army
September 18, 1942 – April 12, 1970
Service recordFranklin Dallas Summers, of Longview, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 129
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
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 129
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- JAMES CHRIS SHUKASSpecialist Four · April 12, 1970
- CHARLES ROLAND TOWNSENDPetty Officer First Class · April 12, 1970
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · April 13, 1970
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 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.