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JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – October 11, 1967
Service recordJames Christian Freidt, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 89
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1967
- DARRELL LEE GIBBONSPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ARTHUR BEUKESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 87
- ELMER WAIN MAHURINPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 90
- THOMAS DEWEY PIPKIN JRPrivate · Panel 27E, Line 91
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 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.