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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harvie Rena Frady.

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HARVIE RENA FRADY

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

May 29, 1947 – January 26, 1970

Service record

Harvie Rena Frady, of Suwanee, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 68

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
5 INF DIV MECH
Born
May 29, 1947
Home of record
Suwanee, Georgia (Gwinnett County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 26, 1970
Age
22
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 68

Same unit, same day

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.