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KENNETH LEE FREITAG
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 2, 1944 – May 2, 1966
Service recordKenneth Lee Freitag, of New Iberia, Louisiana, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 2, 1944
- Home of record
- New Iberia, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 18
- JAMES JOHN HESSLERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- GLEN DOUGLAS HINESpecialist Four · May 2, 1966
- FERNANDO AMYO HINOJOSAPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE MARTINSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
From New Iberia
- ROGER CHARLES COLLETTEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES ELDRIDGEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1968
- GLENN BURLEIGH RAOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM GRACEMajor · June 14, 1969
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- DANNIE FITCHPrivate First Class · May 13, 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.