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FRANKLIN DELANO MCNARY
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
February 24, 1934 – June 13, 1967
Service recordFranklin Delano McNary, of Coeur D'alene, Idaho, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 13, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 98
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Coeur D'alene, Idaho (Kootenai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 98
- CHARLES LYNN HEMMINGWAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- CLYDE RICHARD HOUSER JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR LAPIERRECaptain · June 13, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
From Coeur D'alene
- HOWARD BERT WALDRONMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE FUNKEPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- WILLIAM DARWIN BLENKINSOPCorporal · August 29, 1970
- EUGENE EBEN WOLTERSLance Corporal · August 30, 1970
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.