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FRANKLIN NEWTON CURL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 2, 1943 – November 9, 1968
Service recordFranklin Newton Curl, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 40
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 40
- GARRYL DAVID CARDINALPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE DEWITTPrivate · November 9, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARDS JRSergeant · November 9, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE HARVINCorporal · November 9, 1968
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- RAYMOND ALLEN COLECorporal · February 23, 1969
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.