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CHARLES LEE FRISBY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1944 – April 30, 1968
Service recordCharles Lee Frisby, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1944
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 12
- MICHAEL RONELL DIGGSLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ENEDYSergeant · April 30, 1968
- DAVID KENT FELLERFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- PHILIP GILBERT FRANKLINPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- MARCELLO C GARZA JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 24
- ALFRED MELVIN WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 26
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.