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FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1947 – August 9, 1968
Service recordFranklin Ivan Burris JR, of Largo, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Largo, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 35
- MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHURSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- WILLIAM CLEMENS WIESKUSStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1968
- STEVEN EARL WILDMANHospitalman · August 8, 1968
- ROBERT OSCAR BUMILLERSpecialist Four · August 9, 1968
From Largo
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- JEFFERY DALE BOUTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STEPHENSSergeant · June 22, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
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.