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EDSALL A FRICK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1946 – November 4, 1968
Service recordEdsall A Frick, of Petaluma, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Petaluma, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 16
- BENNY DEAN CLAYTONFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- JOHN MARIO FILIPPELLICorporal · November 4, 1968
- JIMMY LEE GRIERConstructionman · November 4, 1968
- DAVID B HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 19
From Petaluma
- THOMAS JAY OGLETHORPEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- CAMERON A RICECorporal · June 19, 1967
- LARRY ELDON WITTLERPrivate · February 1, 1968
- CHARLES PETER TORLIATT JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JASON DAVID HUNNICUTTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
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.