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GARRY LYNN FRANKLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – June 25, 1970
Service recordGarry Lynn Franklin, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 90
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 90
- RICHARD LOUIS BARNESCorporal · June 25, 1970
- BERNARD GEORGE BRANTMEIERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1970
- CARLOS CHAVEZ JRSpecialist Four · June 25, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH DAVISFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD GEORGE BRANTMEIERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 90
- WILLIAM AGNER JURICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 91
- OSBORNE MATTINGLY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 91
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.