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FREDERICK IRVING FRENIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1946 – March 27, 1967
Service recordFrederick Irving Frenier, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 56
- GARY LEE WILCOXSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
- ROGER ALLAN BUCHANANPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
- JOE WAYNE CHANDLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- DAVID ALAN DROWNSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.