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FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1928 – April 4, 1966
Service recordFranklin Eugene Hosler, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 83
- JACK DEAN GILBERTPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- JOE FRANK LISERIOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · March 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.