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JAMES HUGH FRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – December 30, 1969
Service recordJames Hugh Fry, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 110
- DOUGLAS DAVID FERGUSONCaptain · December 30, 1969
- FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLERStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1969
- ELLIS SANFORD MARLINPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY MOORESergeant · December 30, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.