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JOHN R FRYE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – July 10, 1969
Service recordJohn R Frye, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 93
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 93
- DAVID NELSON HARROWLance Corporal · July 10, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · July 10, 1969
- LON MICHAEL HOLUPKOSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ALTON HYMANSergeant · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 92
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · Panel 21W, Line 92
- BOBBY GENE FARMERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 92
- CHARLES THOMAS STOCKBAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 95
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 95
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.