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JEFFREY ALEXANDER FREEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1945 – April 8, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Alexander Freeman, of Lakewood, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 107
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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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 107
- LARRY WAYNE DOUGLASLance Corporal · April 8, 1970
- CHARLES ALBERT FRALEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- JAMES MATTHEW MCDONALDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- ROB GEORGE MCSORLEYSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GREGORY THODEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 109
From Lakewood
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · March 15, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · December 27, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 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.