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FRANKLIN DANIEL HITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1946 – March 13, 1967
Service recordFranklin Daniel Hite, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Palmyra, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE BORGENSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEE CLEMENTSPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT COXLance Corporal · March 13, 1967
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS R BARRYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 74
- MARCO ANTONIO SERRANO JRPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 74
From Palmyra
- RONALD LEE HILLSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 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.