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FREDDIE EDWARD THEIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1947 – May 25, 1967
Service recordFreddie Edward Theis, of Ashtabula, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashtabula, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 108
- GARY LEE STYMUSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · May 25, 1967
- BENJAMIN GARETH WELLSFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- KURNEY JOSEPH WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
From Ashtabula
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- GREGORY FREDRICK MOSSFORDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS LICATEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
- JERRY LAVERN ALFERINKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN BEAVERLance Corporal · May 22, 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.