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FRANKLIN GRAHAM SCOGGINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 4, 1950 – July 5, 1970
Service recordFranklin Graham Scoggins, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 122
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 122
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- GEORGE LISHCHYNSKYSergeant First Class · July 5, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY PEDDLECorporal · July 5, 1970
- DONALD HAROLD PRATERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 122
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
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.