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NICHOLAS LEANDER FRANZER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1948 – April 27, 1969
Service recordNicholas Leander Franzer, of St Henry, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 24, 1948
- Home of record
- St Henry, Ohio (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 76
- BERT MORRIS ADAMS IIICorporal · April 29, 1969
- PAUL ANDREW BROUSESergeant · April 29, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM CLEARYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- SIMON DEAN JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
- MARK HANNAY DIXONPrivate First Class · April 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.