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DEAN LEE FREY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – April 19, 1970
Service recordDean Lee Frey, of Oceanside, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 24
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- BILLY WAYNE GLASSLance Corporal · April 19, 1970
- LAWRENCE LOUIS HENSEY JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JAMES DALE JARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY JOEL JOSEPHStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DALE JARRETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 24
- JEFFREY JOEL JOSEPHStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 24
- GLENN THOMAS RIDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 25
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.