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LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1942 – October 10, 1965
Service recordLawrence Andre Franklin, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 115
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES GRAYSON BERRYSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- RONNIE MARSHALL DUNCANPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GRAYSON BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 115
- RONNIE MARSHALL DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 116
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 116
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 116
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- EUGENE MERLYN RICKSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- RONALD KEITH SCHUKARPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- VAN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
From Wenatchee
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 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.