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EUGENE THOMAS FRALEY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
May 2, 1939 – January 21, 1968
Service recordEugene Thomas Fraley, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 21, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Born
- May 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 5
- MERLE CLAYTON EICHER JRLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- ALBERT EVANSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- LARRY JOHN FRITZGERALDSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.