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JOHN HENRY FRANKLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1945 – March 21, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Franklin, of Hughson, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Hughson, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 30
- RONNIE EDWARD CONNACHERLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOSEPH BARNETT FEARNOMajor · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS BERNARD FLOODLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RALPH PACEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 34
From Hughson
- JACK DATE LETOURNEAUFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- COY FOSTER STARKCorporal · June 12, 1968
- ANTHONY LEROY LEMASergeant · January 11, 1969
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.