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LUSTER CLARK FRIEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1943 – April 15, 1966
Service recordLuster Clark Friel, of Marlinton, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Marlinton, West Virginia (Pocahontas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 114
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- ROBERT LEE VADENSergeant · April 14, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD COOPERSergeant · April 15, 1966
- DAVID NATHANIEL EVILSIZERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
From Marlinton
- SAMUEL DEWEY RIDER JRSergeant · March 3, 1968
- JOHN RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · November 29, 1968
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.