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FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1949 – November 28, 1970
Service recordFranklin U Breckenridge, of Staunton, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Staunton, Virginia (Staunton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 88
- ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · November 28, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES KOLYCorporal · November 28, 1970
- JAMES BENJAMIN POWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1970
- EUGENE PRINCE JRPrivate · November 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FORAK CREAMER IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 87
- ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 88
- RONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 89
From Staunton
- WOODROW MELVIN FITZGERALDCaptain · October 24, 1963
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JERRY HOGUE HEIZERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- CLARENCE WILLIS OBIE IIILance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- DENHAM A WHITESELL JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR LEE ELLINGERFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
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.