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FRANKLIN GODFREY TODD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1940 – February 5, 1966
Service recordFranklin Godfrey Todd, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 5
- GLENN EDWARD ASMUSSENPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1966
- BENARD JOHN SPARENBERGChief Petty Officer · February 5, 1966
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE DELLOSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE NATHANIEL CHESLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 4
- JOHN EDWARD LEERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.