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BOBBY SAM FRYE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1930 – May 5, 1968
Service recordBobby Sam Frye, of Hamilton, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 12
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. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1930
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Alabama (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 12
- GLENN THOMAS FEYSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- SAMUEL RAY GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND LEON GEE JRSergeant · May 5, 1968
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHAD DAVID MEADOWSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- JOHN H PATE JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- ROBERT L SPRINGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Hamilton
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- CLARENCE RICHARD FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 11, 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.