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FRANKLIN MATTHEW CORL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1952 – September 13, 1970
Service recordFranklin Matthew Corl JR, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 60
- CURVIN CLAYTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL COFFINOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- JON COLESergeant · September 13, 1970
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PAUL COFFINOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 60
- EDMOND WILLIAM RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 62
From Lebanon
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- RICHARD SAMUEL MOHNCorporal · July 16, 1966
- GARY WAYNE FRIEDMANNSeaman · March 11, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.