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ROGER HUNTER FRIESNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordRoger Hunter Friesner, of Morley, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 101
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Morley, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 101
- STERLING KITCHENER COATESCaptain · July 2, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT DOTSONPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1967
- PAUL GLENN FORBES JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAY EDWARD FORSBERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BRUCE KLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 107
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 116
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.