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FREDDIE D MIZE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – March 21, 1970
Service recordFreddie D Mize, of Somerset, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Somerset, Kentucky (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 32
- ANDRES SANTIAGO-MARTINEZCorporal · March 21, 1970
- BUFORD ELLIS SUMNERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1970
- JOHN PAUL WANTOStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMSpecialist Four · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL KELLYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 30
- JOHN PERRY MALLOYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 30
From Somerset
- LARRY ALAN BULLOCKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- ERVIL THOMAS BRAYCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- GEORGE MCDONALD HINESCorporal · January 8, 1970
- RHONALD LEE DURHAMCaptain · May 9, 1970
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.