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FRANKLIN EARL WRIGHT
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 4, 1937 – November 10, 1969
Service recordFranklin Earl Wright, of Cherryville, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 10, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 55
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- September 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Cherryville, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 55
- RAUL JOHN VARGASPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORDSergeant · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES BARRLance Corporal · November 11, 1969
- ROBERT CARL BECKMANCaptain · November 11, 1969
From Cherryville
- LARRY KEITH HEAVNERLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- WARREN DANE CAMPBELLStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- LARRY DEAN SAINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- BOBBY DEAN ANTHONYPrivate First Class · January 31, 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.