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JEROLD FRANKLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1949 – July 30, 1970
Service recordJerold Franklin, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 69
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · July 30, 1970
- HAROLD UTAH HAYESSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- FORREST HUGHY HOLLIFIELDFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1970
- ROBERT MASEDAPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE AUTENSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 68
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · Panel 8W, Line 69
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 70
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 71
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 71
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.