Rank/Rate	Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Service Number	O-187976
Birth Date	April 5, 1917
From	Springfield, Illinois
Decorations	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grayback (SS-208)
Loss Date	February 26, 1944
Location	Near 25° 47'N x 128° 45'E, S. of Okinawa
Circumstances	Sunk by air attack
Remarks	Franklin was born in Champaign, Illinois.

Photo on left and information courtesy of Larry Gavlak, nephew of Grayback shipmate Charles B. Gavlak, and Eileen Goodchild of the University of Illinois Alumni Association.  See their Virtual Veterans' Memorial. Photo on right courtesy of Thomas L. Waller, nephew.

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