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KEVIN MARK FRYE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 11, 1950 – July 28, 1970
Service recordKevin Mark Frye, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 62
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 62
- ANDREW LAMAR HILLStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1970
- RALPH VINCENT LACAGNINASergeant · July 28, 1970
- TERRANCE DUANE MARPLESpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- FRANK MARIO PASCARELLACaptain · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MARIO PASCARELLACaptain · Panel 8W, Line 62
- DAVID ERVIN ZIMMERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8W, Line 64
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.