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KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 14, 1941 – June 12, 1969
Service recordKurt Walter Franzinger JR, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 32
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 32
- THOMAS MELVIN BRYANTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS ENGELMEIERCorporal · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN FULLERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT GOODENCorporal · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED JACOBOSEN DANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 31
- CARL MICHAEL SNEEDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 36
From Martinsburg
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE GREENFIELDPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS BRUMBAUGH JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.