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WILLIE FRANKLIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1937 – October 14, 1967
Service recordWillie Franklin, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 109
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 109
- PHILLIP STANLEY FRANCELance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- WOODY JOE FROSTCorporal · October 14, 1967
- HENRY J FUGETTSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- GERALD LYNN GASSMANSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.