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ROY ALLEN FRYMAN
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1933 – August 24, 1969
Service recordRoy Allen Fryman, of La Canada, California, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 9, 1933
- Home of record
- La Canada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 106
- STANLEY RAY HONEAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- JIMMY MICHAEL DOLANSeaman Recruit · August 24, 1969
- DANIEL EDWARD FARANCorporal · August 24, 1969
- GUADALUPE GALINDO JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
From La Canada
- JAMES REGINALD BAUDERCaptain · September 21, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE ENGSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · November 13, 1968
- WILLIAM A PEDERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · September 15, 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.