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GARY FREEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – June 23, 1969
Service recordGary Freeman, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 118
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Control Repairer (45G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 118
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- GEORGE DOUGLAS DEITRICKSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- DEWEY MAYNARD EUBANKSCorporal · June 23, 1969
- MICHAEL FORBESSergeant · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 118
- DOUGLAS PAUL SAVAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 2
- HOMER DANIEL THICKSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.