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STEVEN ROBERT FRESE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1944 – September 11, 1968
Service recordSteven Robert Frese, of Wantagh, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 24
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Wantagh, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 24
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- JESUS MARIA GARCIAGunnery Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- ROLAND ALLEN GORSCHBOTHPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- DAVID KEITH HUFFMANSergeant · September 11, 1968
From Wantagh
- PARKER DRESSER CRAMERFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1963
- SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZIPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MOLANOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- TERENCE PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 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.