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LOUIS ARTHUR FRYE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1919 – October 27, 1968
Service recordLouis Arthur Frye, of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Piano Player (02N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1919
- Home of record
- Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 43
- DAVID DONALD DUMASCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT CLIFTON EDMUNDS JRMajor · October 27, 1968
- ALFRED DOUGLAS GARRETTSergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
- JAMES LEON HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 41
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 42
- JAMES J MCCAFFREY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 46
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 47
From Turtle Creek
- MICHAEL JOHN ESTOCINCommander · April 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAMES BROWNPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM RUBBOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- CURTIS CHARLES KASTLERSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
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.