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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DULONG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1933 – April 28, 1968
Service recordFranklin Roosevelt Dulong, of Unknown, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 36
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Unknown, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 36
- ARTHUR LAVELLE DAVISSergeant · April 28, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE DAVISCorporal · April 28, 1968
- JOHN DUFFYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JACKIE LINDELL ELSTONPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.