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JOHN CHARLES FRIEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1948 – August 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Charles Friel, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- January 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 116
- BRIAN FRANCIS WALLACESpecialist Four · August 15, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JEROME YARBERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- CHARLES E BORDENPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.