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DAVID EDWARD FREESTONE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – August 27, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Freestone, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 124
- CHARLES LEROY BALDWINCaptain · August 27, 1969
- LEROY LEMUEL BELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1969
- LESLIE RAVEN BELLPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
- JAMES MITCHELL BOGACZCorporal · August 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE JAMES LENIOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 125
- WILLIAM J WICKWARDSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 126
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.