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GREGORY JACKSON FRANKLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – November 27, 1968
Service recordGregory Jackson Franklin, of Winchester, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Winchester, Virginia
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Added to the Wall
- 2014
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JEWEL DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- JAMES BRYAN DILLARDSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- MARK LOUIS FUSILECorporal · December 3, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GOODMANSergeant · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCATEESpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
From Winchester
- LORING WILLIAM CARPER JRHospitalman · May 17, 1966
- UPTON FINLEY ASHLEYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- DONALD KEITH POWELLCorporal · August 21, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1970
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2014, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.