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FRANKLIN VINCENT BRODNIK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1942 – February 25, 1966
Service recordFranklin Vincent Brodnik, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1942
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 76
- ODELL ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- ALBERT RONALD WHITEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JESSE JAMES BOLTONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES BOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 76
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 77
- GEORGE WALLY WOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.