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EDWARD THOMAS DA FRODSHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – June 9, 1966
Service recordEdward Thomas Da Frodsham, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 27
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- EDWARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · June 9, 1966
- ROGER DAHL JACKMANSergeant · June 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD BAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 25
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
- ALLAN EUGENE COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 26
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOHN T DIXONSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EARL WAYNE GOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 28
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- MELVIN REEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- JAMES EARNEST SHUYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- CHARLES VAN TURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 29
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 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.