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BILLY G FRY
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1931 – February 1, 1966
Service recordBilly G Fry, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 128
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · February 1, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JERRY RAY RAMBERGERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 1967
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.