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PHILIP GILBERT FRANKLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1949 – April 30, 1968
Service recordPhilip Gilbert Franklin, of Seneca, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Seneca, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 12
- MICHAEL RONELL DIGGSLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ENEDYSergeant · April 30, 1968
- DAVID KENT FELLERFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES LEE FRISBYStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1968
From Seneca
- SAMUEL LEE ANDERTONSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS ALLAN STRATTONLance Corporal · May 12, 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.