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RICHARD ALAN FRYE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1945 – August 26, 1966
Service recordRichard Alan Frye, of Venice, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- May 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Venice, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 46
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JULES T GIRTANNERSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
From Venice
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- EURAL STANLEY JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- STEVEN CATARINO MARTINEZSergeant · August 20, 1968
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 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.