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MICHAEL JOHN FRANTA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1948 – May 23, 1970
Service recordMichael John Franta, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 84
- JAMES HERBERT CRAIGSpecialist Five · May 23, 1970
- GEORGE FRANCIS FELL JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
- CHARLES DANIEL FOLEYCaptain · May 23, 1970
- ELLIS DAVID GREENECaptain · May 23, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.