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EDWARD JOSEPH FRENDLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – March 31, 1969
Service recordEdward Joseph Frendling, of South Holland, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 100
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- South Holland, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 100
- GARY LYNN PACESergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SALAMONESpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST SHAWPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE HILL IIICorporal · Panel 28W, Line 97
From South Holland
- GEORGE RICHARD AVGERINOSSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE CARRPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.