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DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1946 – September 15, 1970
Service recordDavid Franklin Freeman, of Farmington, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmington, Missouri (St Francois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 64
- AARON VINSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1970
- ALBERT FRANK AMMANNFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1970
- LARRY FRANKLIN DAVISSergeant · September 15, 1970
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
- LEE DAVID MEADOWSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEE DAVID MEADOWSPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 64
- WAYNE ALLEN MCCONKEYCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 66
From Farmington
- BILLY JAY MEADORSpecialist Five · May 13, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY PIPKIN JRPrivate · October 11, 1967
- JOHN FENTON SUGGS JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 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.