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FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1945 – July 28, 1969
Service recordFranklin Daniel Sibayan, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 67
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 67
- CHARLES MICHAEL SIKESSpecialist Five · July 28, 1969
- CURTIS DWAINE SMITHCorporal · July 28, 1969
- ERVIN RYNOLT SRB JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- LESLIE ELROY WALKERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 68
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 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.