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FRANKLIN VICTORY DELARA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – May 23, 1968
Service recordFranklin Victory Delara, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 8
- CHARLES LABAW DANBERRYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- BRUCE HERBERT DYERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN EISCHEIDPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1968
- RALPH BARNARD FECTEAU JRPrivate · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RUSSELL MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 11
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 12
- CLIFTON THOMAS TAYLORCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 3
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.