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FRANKLIN THEODORE JAMES
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1943 – November 3, 1969
Service recordFranklin Theodore James, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 22
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 22
- JOEL ARNOLD BALCOMPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- JAMES ELSON BUCHANANStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1969
- FLOYD JOSEPH CRAIGMYLECorporal · November 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAYMOND LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 23
- GAYLE EDWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 25
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.