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FRANKLIN DELANO R HATTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1939 – February 13, 1968
Service recordFranklin Delano R Hatton, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 21
- JAMES F FUQUASpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM GRANDAHLSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- EDDIE CLAYTON HARRISPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES MAURICEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 23
- JESSE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 26
- FELIX SOSA-CAMEJOCaptain · Panel 39E, Line 26
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.