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ROY ELDON FREEMAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1943 – May 9, 1966
Service recordRoy Eldon Freeman JR, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 42
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- AUSTIN MORRIS CORBIERELance Corporal · May 9, 1966
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DENNIS DALE KAISERCorporal · May 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BACOSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 41
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 43
From Anderson
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- CARMAN KEETON HICKSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.