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ELMER EUGENE FREESE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 10, 1949 – November 23, 1968
Service recordElmer Eugene Freese, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. 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 38W, Line 42
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ARNOLD RAYMOND DIEKEMASpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- HAROLD LEE GLOVERCorporal · November 23, 1968
- DONALD LAWRENCE GOLDSMITHSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARIO DAVID GUERRASpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 43
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 44
- RONALD YATES MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 44
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 12, 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.