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FRANKLIN DELANO WATERS
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 29, 1933 – May 19, 1966
Service recordFranklin Delano Waters, of Greer, South Carolina, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 90
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Greer, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 90
- GENE MILTON LUTZLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- GILLIAM MOOREPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DENNIS LEROY NELSONCorporal · May 20, 1966
- CARTER REDMONDPrivate · May 20, 1966
- JAMES HARRISON REESEPrivate · May 20, 1966
From Greer
- AUSTIN LEON DRUMMONDSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- RONNIE EUGENE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- ALLAN GEORGE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · February 28, 1970
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.