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RICHARD LEROY FRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1949 – March 6, 1969
Service recordRichard Leroy Fry, of Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania (Snyder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 53
- JIMMY LEE COLEMANSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
- RONALD DEVERE DUNTZPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · March 6, 1969
- IRA MELTON FRANKLIN JRStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1969
From Beaver Springs
- WAYNE ASHLEY BALMERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
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.