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EARL MARVIN FREEMAN JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 30, 1925 – November 11, 1967
Service recordEarl Marvin Freeman JR, of Akron, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 11, 1967, in Thailand, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- November 30, 1925
- Home of record
- Akron, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 49
- JESSE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM SMITHPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- ERVIN SPAINSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- HARRY HERBERT SPENCERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- ERNEST RAY TAYLOR JRSpecialist Five · November 20, 1967
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.