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JAMMIE VAN FRANKLIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1936 – July 26, 1967
Service recordJammie Van Franklin, of Merced, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 2
- GEORGE SAMUEL CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- RICHARD AMES CLAFLINMajor · July 26, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES GOELZPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HARMANHospitalman · July 26, 1967
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 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.