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EDDIE TYREE FRIERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1942 – July 18, 1968
Service recordEddie Tyree Frierson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 4
- JAMES ROLAND FALLSTICHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- FRANKLYN WALLACE GERMANYSergeant · July 18, 1968
- STEVEN ANDREW GERSHNOWPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JOHN EDMOND HALSELLLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD THOMAS REDMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 7
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.