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MICHAEL BRUCE FRYE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1948 – January 30, 1969
Service recordMichael Bruce Frye, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Advanced Avionics Technician-Trainee (6351)
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 19
- EDWIN BLAKLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- ROBERT ANTHONY FIREBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 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.