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NASH FRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 12, 1945 – May 17, 1970
Service recordNash Fry, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 59
- FREDERICK DON SNYDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHTSergeant · May 17, 1970
- NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JRLieutenant · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 55
- DAVID FRANCIS JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.