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FRANKLIN PATRICK WILLEFORD
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 17, 1943 – December 14, 1968
Service recordFranklin Patrick Willeford, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 21
- BRUCE TED GOODMANPrivate · December 14, 1968
- MITCHEL CAREY HANSEYSeaman · December 14, 1968
- RONALD ROBERT HOBBSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- WILLIAM KENIS HOPKINSLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.