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WILLIAM FRANCIS KRANZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1946 – January 26, 1967
Service recordWilliam Francis Kranz JR, of Solvay, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 81
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 5 MAR
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Solvay, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 81
- JAMES HARVEY JONESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1967
- CALVIN LEROY MILLERHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS RAYMOND MORGANLieutenant Colonel · January 26, 1967
- MANSFIELD M TOOGOOD JRStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
From Solvay
- LOUIS JOSEPH PELLIZZARIFirst Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- BENJAMIN JOHN TEREJKO JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK WALKERCorporal · February 23, 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.