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FRANKLIN VANCE ANDERSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordFranklin Vance Anderson, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 22
- RICHARD JAMES ALLENPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- WILLIAM NOVAK AREYCorporal · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY ASHFORDLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS BAUERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · Panel 61E, Line 23
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.