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BENNIE LAMAR FRYER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 28, 1945 – December 28, 1972
Service recordBennie Lamar Fryer, of Stockton, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 28, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 107
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 107
- LAWRENCE JAY MARSHALLMajor · December 27, 1972
- JAMES MACK TURNERCaptain · December 27, 1972
- MICHAEL FIRESTONE HAIFLEYLieutenant · December 28, 1972
- ALLEN LOUIS JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · December 28, 1972
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.