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DONALD VERN FREEMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 14, 1935 – October 3, 1967
Service recordDonald Vern Freeman, of Boonville, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 44
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Boonville, Indiana (Warrick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 44
- ROLAND BALENTINE JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
- THEODORE HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
From Boonville
- JERRY EUGENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FRAKESCorporal · July 3, 1970
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.