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KENNETH FRIERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – January 25, 1970
Service recordKenneth Frierson, of Alcolu, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Alcolu, South Carolina (Clarendon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 64
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- ALAN LEE BRACKENCorporal · January 25, 1970
- NORMAN ROY EVERETTSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- BENJAMIN GARCIACorporal · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOHN PREUSSCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 67
From Alcolu
- RAYMOND SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1968
- ROBERT CARL KINGSergeant · April 12, 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.