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GARY NELSON FRYE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1945 – May 19, 1968
Service recordGary Nelson Frye, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Southern Pines, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 63E, Line 9
- JAMES LESTER FOSTERCorporal · May 19, 1968
- CARLTON ANDREW FROSTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- FRANCISCO FUENTESCorporal · May 19, 1968
- GERALD JAMESSergeant · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE FRANKLIN CROWPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 7
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 8
- WALTER BENJAMIN KRUPSKICorporal · Panel 63E, Line 12
- RICHARD PAUL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 15
- THOMAS RONALD PURSELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 63E, Line 16
- JERRY MONROE WALDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 1
From Southern Pines
- CLINNIS HARRELL JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD ROSSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- PAUL MATTHEW SPENCERLance Corporal · April 18, 1968
- DONALD THOMAS LUTZSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.