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FRANKLIN RAMBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1946 – September 8, 1968
Service recordFranklin Rambert, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 5
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
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 5
- DAVID JUSTUS BULKLEYSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- JESSE JAMES PALMERSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- EDWARD EARL PEASergeant · September 8, 1968
- ROBERT SHERMAN PRIESERSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.