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FRANKLIN DEAN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – August 11, 1969
Service recordFranklin Dean Williams, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 6
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 6
- TOMMIE WATSONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT WOODSSergeant · August 11, 1969
- DANIEL MORAN ZUNIGAPrivate · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE BURCHSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 128
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 1
- EDWARD LEE KANTERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 2
- JAMES JOSEPH KESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 3
- LARRY LEE SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 4
- STANLEY JOHN SHUMINSKISergeant · Panel 19W, Line 4
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 6
- DANIEL MORAN ZUNIGAPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 6
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.