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FRANKLIN DELANO BRYAN
Captain · U.S. Army
May 3, 1946 – February 25, 1969
Service recordFranklin Delano Bryan, of Lynn, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Lynn, Alabama (Winston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 48
- ARTHUR LEE ANDREWSStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS HAREPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE HEIMCorporal · February 25, 1969
- ARNOLD HILB-SCHELEINPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 44
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.