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FRANKLIN DELANO CHOPPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1945 – June 13, 1967
Service recordFranklin Delano Chopper, of Brockton, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Brockton, Montana (Roosevelt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 96
- GARY LEE TAYLORSpecialist Five · June 12, 1967
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- WENDELL LOUIL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES CLIFFORDSeaman · June 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 96
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 99
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.