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ARTHUR TIMOTHY FRILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 9, 1946 – February 16, 1968
Service recordArthur Timothy Friley, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- New Philadelphia, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 59
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- BOBBY FRANK GALBREATHCaptain · February 16, 1968
- DERYL RAY GARVICKSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- ALEXANDER GIEJCHospitalman · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DERYL RAY GARVICKSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 59
- GARY DALE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 61
- GERALD LEE MILBRODTPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 63
- CULLEN WOOD QUINCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 65
From New Philadelphia
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- MARTIN DOUGLAS KLANNSpecialist Five · January 10, 1968
- TOM MICHAEL THOMASCorporal · August 28, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL STRUCHENSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- JOHN CLARK HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.