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GUY THOMAS FREELAND
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1929 – December 8, 1964
Service recordGuy Thomas Freeland, of Russellville, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 24, 1929
- Home of record
- Russellville, Arkansas (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1964
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 74
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 74
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · Panel 1E, Line 74
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 74
From Russellville
- DARRELL DWANE BRATTONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- JIMMY DON FULFORDLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT KEIMPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HALECorporal · May 14, 1969
- NORMAN WADE TEETERSergeant · June 9, 1969
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.