<p> FUNERAL FOR N.C. NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SET

For Release: Immediate
Date: August 27, 2003

For additional information contact:
Captain Robert N. Carver
robert.carver@nc.ngb.army.mil
North Carolina National Guard
4105 Reedy Creek Road
Raleigh, NC 27607-6410

Phone:(919) 664-6244

FUNERAL FOR N.C. NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SET

RALEIGH - Funeral services for North Carolina Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Bobby Franklin who died in combat in Baghdad, Iraq, last week have been set for Saturday.

The Franklin family will receive friends during a visitation Friday evening.

Franklin, 38, of Mineral Bluff, Ga., not far from the North Carolina border, died Aug. 20 when an improvised explosive device exploded near a vehicle in which he and two other soldiers were riding. The other soldiers were not seriously injured. All were assigned to Detachment 2 of the 210th Military Police Company, headquartered in Murphy, N.C. An 18-year National Guard veteran, Franklin leaves behind a wife, a son and a daughter.

The visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at Henry-Cochran Funeral Home, 3911 Appalachian Highway, Blue Ridge, Ga.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Henry-Cochran Funeral Home on Saturday, Aug. 30.

Condolences and flowers may be sent to the family through the funeral home.

A trust fund has been set up for the Franklin children. Donations may be sent to:

Bobby C. Franklin Trust Fund
United Community Bank
P.O. Box 1749
Blue Ridge, GA 30513

NOTE TO EDITORS: A pool videographer will provide an audio and video feed of the funeral service to a mult box outside the funeral home. The family asks that no media cover the service from inside. Staff Sgt. Franklin's family has asked that media not approach them for interviews, and we would ask that reporters respect the family's privacy.

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