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FRANKLIN DOUGLAS RACINE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 2, 1942 – October 20, 1965
Service recordFranklin Douglas Racine, of Midlothian, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- August 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Midlothian, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 128
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1965
From Midlothian
- SHERWOOD DAVID KREISWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1968
- DALE LEONARD KAGEBEINLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
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.