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MARVIN LYLE FRANKLIN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1945 – August 31, 1967
Service recordMarvin Lyle Franklin JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 74
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL MOOREPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 74
- GERALD JASON ROBERTS JRCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 76
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.