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FRANK LOUIE FREEDLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – April 19, 1968
Service recordFrank Louie Freedle, of Ft Ord, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 46
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)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Ord, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 46
- WILLIAM ROY DENNISStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- WILLFORD LEON DYERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH BLODGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 44
- JOHN RICHARD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 45
- WILLIAM ROY DENNISStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JESUS ARMANDO GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 47
- OREN B MCCARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- HERBERT REIJI HAYASHIDAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 48
- ANTHONY FRANK HOUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- PAUL NOBLE LARSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 49
- JANIS MICULSSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 50
- DENNIS EARL PAINTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 52
- WILLIS WILSON SMITH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51E, Line 3
From Ft Ord
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
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.