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FRANKLIN DELANO BYNUM
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1933 – June 27, 1967
Service recordFranklin Delano Bynum, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 68
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BOLGERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- VICTOR LEE BURNSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- JIMMY EARL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- FRANCISCO ALBERT MAZARIEGOSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.