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FRANKLIN DAVID WILLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – September 15, 1967
Service recordFranklin David Willett, of Hereford, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Hereford, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 77
- MAURICE GENE WIDICKSergeant · September 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE ANDRUSPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM BELLCorporal · September 16, 1967
- JERRY CLAUD BENNETTFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1967
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.