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ROLLAND KEITH FRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – May 2, 1969
Service recordRolland Keith Fry, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 99
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 99
- BRUCE ELLIOTT FUNKLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- EUGENE GASTELUMPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- GARY EARL HOLTZCLAWFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE KIGARSergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE CARMEN ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 97
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN RYANSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 102
- JOHN FRANCIS STEWARTCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 103
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
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.