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FRANKLIN ONEIL LEGGETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 27, 1949 – April 4, 1968
Service recordFranklin Oneil Leggett, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48E, Line 6
- JOHN RICHARD KEMPERCorporal · April 4, 1968
- CHARLES LEE KINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- TOMMY DUANE KNAPPStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE HENRY KOCHERSecond Lieutenant · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RICHARD KEMPERCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 6
- CHARLES LEE KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 6
- MARK GALEN STICKELSSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 11
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.