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FRANKLIN WILLIAM PICKING
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 9, 1930 – July 23, 1969
Service recordFranklin William Picking, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 36
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 36
- JOHN FRANCIS KITSONPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- THOMAS HUBERT MCCARTYMajor · July 23, 1969
- GLENN EUGENE PELTONPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- FRANK C WALLENBECKCaptain · July 23, 1969
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 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.