Walter Leslie Frankland Jr.

Jackson, Tennessee. He was a soldier, business man, elected official, husband and father.

He was born June 4, 1924 to Sarah Moore Frankland and Walter Leslie Frankland, Sr.

Walter graduated from Jackson High in 1942, attended Marion Military Institute in Marion,

Alabama in 1943 and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1946 where he was

commissioned a Second Lieutenant, United States Army. In 1955 he graduated from the

University of Florida with a Master’s degree in Journalism followed by graduation from the Ecole

d’Etat-Major, Paris, France in 1959. In 1963 he graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College

in Norfolk, Virginia.

Two weeks after his graduation from West Point, Walter married his high school sweetheart

Carol Armstrong, also of Jackson. Thus began their life in the Army that would take them on

assignments with the occupation Army in Sasebo, Japan after WWII; Manhattan, Kansas; West

Point, New York; Paris, France and Washington, DC. Walter would command A Company, 1st

Battalion, 23rd Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division in combat during the Korean War.

While assigned to West Point, NY from 1956 -1958 he was responsible for the filming of the Ziv

production, West Point Story television series in which he made several cameo appearances.

Walter also coordinated the first telecast of a West Point graduation ceremony.

Walter and his family moved to Arlington, Virginia in 1964 where he retired from the Army in

1966 as a Lieutenant Colonel to become Executive Vice President of the Silver Users

Association. In this capacity he represented the silver industry to the media, government and

public in the U.S. and abroad often testifying before Congressional Committees concerning

legislative proposals.

Walter had a strong civic commitment and was twice elected to the Arlington County Board,

Arlington, Virginia serving for 8 years to include being the Chairman in 1980. While Chairman

Walter was credited in one publication as having been responsible for the largest tax cut in

county history.

Walter and Carol returned home to Jackson in 2012.

Walter was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Carol Armstrong Frankland, by his brother

Gordon Hays Frankland, Sr., by his mother Sarah Moore Frankland and by his father Walter

Leslie Frankland, Sr.

Survivors include his son Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Walter Leslie Frankland, III and his wife Daun

of Arlington, Virginia. Daughter Mary Elizabeth Frankland of Palm Coast, Florida. Sister-in-law

Francis Frankland of Jackson. Beloved niece Elizabeth Lawrence Gibson of Scottsdale, AZ and

cousin, sister-in-law Phyllis Frankland Armstrong of Jackson. Three grandchildren Cadet Leslie

Veitch Frankland, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY; John Frankland of Conway,

North Carolina and Elizabeth Frankland of Palm Coast, Florida.

The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

The family will receive friends on Monday, 20 June 2016 from 5:00 -7:00 pm at Murphy’s

Funeral Home in Arlington, Virginia.

Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Virginia will follow on June 21, 2016 at

09:00 in the morning beginning at the Old Post Chapel, Fort Myer.