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GARY RALPH FRIEND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1950 – September 9, 1970
Service recordGary Ralph Friend, of Harper, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Harper, Oregon (Malheur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 51
- DWAING USRY MCGIFFSergeant First Class · September 7, 1970
- WILFORD AVON YOUNGSergeant · September 9, 1970
- MERRITT ADAMSSergeant · September 10, 1970
- JOHN J ARTEAGALance Corporal · September 10, 1970
- BRUCE ARNOLD BAINCorporal · September 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELTON WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 49
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.