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MELVIN JOHN FREISE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1950 – April 23, 1969
Service recordMelvin John Freise, of Venice, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Venice, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 32
- WILLIAM ELLIS BROWNINGPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- TROY DAVID FAULKNERSpecialist Five · April 23, 1969
- OLLIE JAMES GROSSPetty Officer First Class · April 23, 1969
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
From Venice
- DONNELL BELLPrivate · February 25, 1968
- GARY LEE WALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · December 2, 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.