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ROBERT ORME FRANKLIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 1, 1932 – September 14, 1965
Service recordRobert Orme Franklin, of Dawson, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 83
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Dawson, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 83
- JAMES THOMAS KEARNSLieutenant Commander · September 14, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- NEIL BROOKS TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · September 14, 1965
- BERNARD JAFFESergeant First Class · September 15, 1965
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
From Dawson
- MELVIN LEWIS RIMELGunnery Sergeant · January 21, 1968
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.