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ROBERT RANDY FREGIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1949 – December 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Randy Fregia, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 15
- THOMAS CHARLES ELDRIDGEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER FANNINGMajor · December 13, 1968
- LEON ROY FIELDSergeant First Class · December 13, 1968
- EARL RICHARD FRAYSergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS FRANKLIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 17
- ROY STOWESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 19
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.