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JOHN HARVEY FREY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1944 – December 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Harvey Frey, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 21
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 21
- EYKEL MARTIN D VANDEN IIChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1969
- FRAZIER THOMAS DIXONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- CLARENCE MELVIN GATEWOODSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.