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GENE FREEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1950 – November 30, 1968
Service recordGene Freeman, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 10
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37W, Line 10
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD CHERRYPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAMRONFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DICK AMBRUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 9
- JERRY WAYNE JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
- LEE VICTOR PORDEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 14
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 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.