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FRANKLIN MASON RENSHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1947 – October 7, 1966
Service recordFranklin Mason Renshaw, of Occum, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 58
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Occum, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 58
- MICHAEL DENNIS MITCHELLLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- JOHNNY LEONARD NEALSpecialist Four · October 7, 1966
- EUGENE MATTHEW PABSTMajor · October 7, 1966
- WILLIE JUNIUS ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
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.