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FRANKLYN WALLACE GERMANY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1948 – July 18, 1968
Service recordFranklyn Wallace Germany, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 4
- JAMES ROLAND FALLSTICHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- EDDIE TYREE FRIERSONSergeant · July 18, 1968
- STEVEN ANDREW GERSHNOWPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JOHN EDMOND HALSELLLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 2
- JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDTStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 5
- THOMAS GLEN LEDUCCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 6
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.