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FRANKLIN JACK LUMMUS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1941 – December 8, 1966
Service recordFranklin Jack Lummus, of Atlanta, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 22
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
- November 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Texas (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 22
- MICHAEL LEWIS HYDECaptain · December 8, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- ROGER EDWARD LABONTESecond Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
From Atlanta
- JAMES ARTHUR WALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
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.