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ROBERT RISLEY FRYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – January 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Risley Fryer, of Paso Robles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Paso Robles, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 40
- ROBERT ALFRED GATESPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ALLEN GEIBSpecialist Five · January 26, 1968
- JIMMY LEROY JOHNSON JRSergeant · January 26, 1968
- BYRON CLIFTON LOLLARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH CRAIGPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 37
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER CURTINPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 37
- MAXIE LANE PRICESergeant · Panel 35E, Line 41
- REGINALD ALFONSO STANCILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 42
- ROBERT WILLIE TANKSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 42
From Paso Robles
- JAMES GEORGE LEECaptain · October 28, 1965
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- CURTIS HENRY CROPPERLieutenant · April 5, 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.