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FREDDIE RAY GUINN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordFreddie Ray Guinn, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Elizabethton, Tennessee (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 7
- JOHN JOSEPH KENNEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- ANDREW JOHN KIEFHABERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- GREGORY LANCE KOUPEPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 1969
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 91
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 96
- WALTER SCOTT HAMNERMaster Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 2
- KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 6
- ANDREW JOHN KIEFHABERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 9
- PAUL WILLIAM MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 11
- GENE LEO SALZERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 20
From Elizabethton
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SHAFFERLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
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.