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JAMES PAUL FREEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1942 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJames Paul Freeman, of Masterson, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Masterson, Texas (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 11
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- MORRIS LAFOND FLEMINGPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS GARTLANDLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE BLATTELChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 2
- RUSSELL WILLIAM EGGERTCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 10
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 27
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORFCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 35
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.