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FREDDIE JAMES BRYANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – March 8, 1968
Service recordFreddie James Bryant, of Vienna, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 52
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Vienna, Georgia (Dooly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 52
- WILLIAM JAMES BOWERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DAVID LEE CAREYPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DONALD RAY CHAMBLIN JRSergeant · March 8, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 52
- GUY THOMAS JONESSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 56
- WILLIAM TERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 57
- GEORGE HAROLD SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 60
From Vienna
- WILLIAM CLARK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 1, 1972
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.