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EUGENE MARSHALL FRICKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 23, 1950 – May 6, 1971
Service recordEugene Marshall Fricke, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 24
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 24
- MATTHEW ANDERSON BOWENPrivate · May 3, 1971
- CHARLES ALBERT LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
- MICHAEL DAVID BONDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1971
- JOHN WILLIS BREWER JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1971
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 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.