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JOHN DENNIS FREPPON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Dennis Freppon, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 38
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · February 2, 1969
- RAYMOND GENE FELDStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- RENALD LUDGER GAGNEPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 36
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 37
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 42
- JAMES MARCUS ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 43
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.