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STARR FREDERICK FRYE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 13, 1945 – December 16, 1970
Service recordStarr Frederick Frye, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 125
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- VAL CLARK ROBINSONSergeant · December 16, 1970
- RONALD C WALTERSCorporal · December 16, 1970
- JOHN OWEN WARRENSergeant First Class · December 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN DANNA JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 124
- GARY J FACULAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 124
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 125
- FRED ALBERT WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 126
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.