Bio, Caras, Franklin A.

Name: Franklin Angel Caras
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O3
Unit:
Date of Birth: 19 January 1934
Home City of Record: SPANISH FORK UT
Date of Loss: 28 April 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210900 North 1042200 East
Status (in 1973): Presumptive Finding of Death
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105 #1151
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0658

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020

For 21 years U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Franklin Caras was missing in action
in Vietnam......

COL FRANKLIN ANGEL CARAS

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Conflict
Service
Status
Date of Accounting

VIETNAM WAR
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Accounted For
02/03/1988

On February 3, 1988, the Central Identification Lab-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Colonel Franklin Angel Caras, missing from the Vietnam War.

Colonel Caras, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Utah, served with the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron. On April 28, 1967, he piloted an F-105D Thunderchief (serial number 58-1151) on a strike mission over North Vietnam. During the mission, the Thunderchief was shot down by enemy aircraft and Col Caras was killed. Hostile presence in the area inhibited search efforts after the crash. In 1987, the Vietnamese government repatriated remains which were later identified as those of Col Caras.

Colonel Caras is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.

Col FRANKLIN ANGEL CARAS

Unit
Historical Country of Loss
North Vietnam
Current Country of Loss
VIETNAM
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