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JAMES ANTHONY FRANKLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – March 12, 1969
Service recordJames Anthony Franklin, of Prichard, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Prichard, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 19
- LOUIS WAYNE FRERICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT GAZZEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · March 12, 1969
- THOMAS EWALD HACKERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · Panel 29W, Line 19
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 21
- CHARLES JAY REVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FLOYD HENRY ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- ROBERT EUGENE SHAFFERCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 24
From Prichard
- JOHN LEO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- HAROLD ARNOLDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · May 3, 1967
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · June 17, 1967
- THEODORE HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- CLEOPHIS HARRISONSergeant · November 3, 1967
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · November 18, 1967
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.