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CHARLES WIGGER FRYER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 1, 1939 – August 7, 1966
Service recordCharles Wigger Fryer, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 7, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 152 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- September 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 109
- ROBERT EUGENE GARRETTPrivate First Class · August 7, 1966
- CLIFFORD DAMON LACHANCESergeant First Class · August 7, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- ELLIOTT SIMMONS JRCorporal · August 7, 1966
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.