Picking, Franklin William
Air Force Major

Franklin William Picking, age 38, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.

Spouse: Married
Children: Pandora, Jo-Lynn, Amy

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Shannon High (1949), Coe College graduate

Date of death: Wednesday, July 23, 1969
Death details: He was piloting a plane in support of an Army division when it was shot down over South Vietnam
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: National Archives, Freeport Journal Standard