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FRANKLIN H METZKER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1948 – May 17, 1968
Service recordFranklin H Metzker, of Hillside, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillside, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 8
- LOUIS ROBERT LORDISpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN LUMANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- ROLAND TRENT MARSHALLPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- SAMUEL CALVIN MARTINSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
From Hillside
- TATE TALMAGE HACKNEY IIIStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK WORTHCorporal · April 1, 1972
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.