Charles D. Franklin (December 11, 1931 – March 16, 1992) was an officer in the United States Army who retired as a lieutenant general.

[1][2][3] He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1953 with a degree in agriculture and received his second lieutenant's commission in the Field Artillery through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

[1] Franklin graduated from the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course in 1953, and then served with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Korean War.

[9][2] In 1984 he succeeded Donald E. Rosenblum as commander of the First United States Army at Fort Meade, Maryland.

[10] Franklin died of heart ailments at Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia on March 16, 1992.