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JOHN HOWDEN FRANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1948 – April 10, 1971
Service recordJohn Howden Franks, of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 115
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville Beach, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 115
- BILLY GENE CHANNELSergeant · April 10, 1971
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · April 10, 1971
- ROBERT LESTER GROFMajor · April 10, 1971
- GREG NEAL HENDERSONCorporal · April 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · Panel 4W, Line 114
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 115
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 116
- HUGH MICHAEL PETTITWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 117
From Jacksonville Beach
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GASTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- DEWAYNE CORBITTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ROGER PARRY HARRELLCaptain · July 29, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1971
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.