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FRANKLIN G ATKINSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – May 2, 1969
Service recordFranklin G Atkinson JR, of Hurffville, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Hurffville, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 96
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- RODNEY JOE BLACKSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LUIS PHILIP CRUZPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 98
- THOMAS NEIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 103
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.