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IAN JACK FRANKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – March 23, 1968
Service recordIan Jack Franks, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Airborne Sensor Specialist (26E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 63
- EULAS FAY GREGORYStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL HARRISCorporal · March 23, 1968
- MASAKI HATTORIMajor · March 23, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MASAKI HATTORIMajor · Panel 45E, Line 63
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.