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FRANKLIN JOHN SUMICH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 23, 1942 – June 11, 1967
Service recordFranklin John Sumich, of Blachly, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Blachly, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 92
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD UHLMANSIEKStaff Sergeant · June 11, 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.