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NORMAN ALAN FREDA
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1945 – January 31, 1969
Service recordNorman Alan Freda, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 26
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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1945
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 26
- DONALD GEORGE HEIDERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- EDWARD ALAN LAMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAMES CLOUDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 25
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 25
- JOHN FREDERICK DARBY IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 27
- WILLIAM GEORGE LECLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 27
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 27
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 29
From East Lansing
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1970
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.