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DANNY JOE FRIES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – July 22, 1970
Service recordDanny Joe Fries, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 42
- MARK GREGORY DRAPERSergeant · July 22, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE GLATFELTERSpecialist Five · July 22, 1970
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BABICHCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- ROBERT JOSEPH BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- STANLEY GENE DIEHLStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 41
- MARK GREGORY DRAPERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 42
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 42
- JOHN WILLIAM KRECKELStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 43
- STEVEN ALLAN OLSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PAHISSAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- THOMAS RUSSELL SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- DONALD JON SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 44
- GERALD BLAINE SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 44
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
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.