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JOHN OLIVER FREEMAN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1946 – September 21, 1966
Service recordJohn Oliver Freeman, of Hinton, Oklahoma, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 127
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Hinton, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 127
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH AUGUSTUS FRIELPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- CARLTON GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
From Hinton
- ROGER GAIL LEEStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- DONALD JAMES DEEVERSPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.