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JEFF LEE FRANKLIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – June 13, 1969
Service recordJeff Lee Franklin JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 40
- CHARLES MANUEL ANDUJARStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- KENNETH RAY HARRISPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- ADRIAN JOSEPH JOHNSON JRCaptain · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 37
- MICHAEL KEITH LEWISStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 41
- JAMES CLIFFORD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 42
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 42
- ARTURO SALAZARSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 43
- KENNETH LEE CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 45
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.