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EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1946 – November 7, 1968
Service recordEdward Albert Fryer JR, of East Northport, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- East Northport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 33
- LARRY PAUL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL KUBICAPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELLSergeant · November 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWARD MALESZEWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 34
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 35
From East Northport
- JOHN RAYMOND NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HOFFMANCaptain · July 25, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL FORTECorporal · April 27, 1970
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 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.