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MICHAEL KEITH FRIESE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1949 – January 12, 1968
Service recordMichael Keith Friese, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 36
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 36
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- HENRY JOE GORDONLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- CARL ALLEN HARRISFirst Lieutenant · January 12, 1968
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP HENRY RATHEFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1966
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 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.