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JESSE CLIFFORD FREY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 23, 1949 – February 25, 1970
Service recordJesse Clifford Frey, of Bellflower, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 53
- CHAD ALLEN CHARLESWORTHSergeant · February 25, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE DICKSONCorporal · February 25, 1970
- ALAN PAUL JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1970
- JERRY LEE STOUTCorporal · February 25, 1970
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 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.