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JOHNNY WAYNE FREE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 7, 1950 – August 2, 1971
Service recordJohnny Wayne Free, of Bryan, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 121
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Bryan, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 121
- JOHN LEONARD ROBERTSSergeant · August 1, 1971
- WALTER ROBERT CAPPSSergeant · August 2, 1971
- ROBERT MIRANDAPrivate · August 2, 1971
- THOMAS EVANS REIMILLERSpecialist Four · August 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MIRANDAPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 121
From Bryan
- JOHNNIE LINTON GARNERCaptain · September 2, 1967
- SAMMY ARTHUR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD HEBRONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE TOLIVERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- EUGENE C OATES IIICaptain · August 4, 1969
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THORNTONCorporal · June 19, 1970
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.