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WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1951 – September 16, 1970
Service recordWilliam Johnson Franklin, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 68
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 68
- ALTON DOYLE BYRDSergeant First Class · September 16, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK KEENEYPrivate · September 16, 1970
- DONALD LEE PERCYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1970
- HARRY ROBERT SCHETTLERSpecialist Five · September 16, 1970
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 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.