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FRANKLIN JOSHUA KRANTZ JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 7, 1951 – June 13, 1970
Service recordFranklin Joshua Krantz JR, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 51
- ARDEN ELLSWORTH KERSEY JRLance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- DENNIS CARL MILLERSergeant · June 13, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1970
- RONALD CURTIS MORGANCorporal · June 13, 1970
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
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.