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TERRY ALLEN FRECHETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1946 – July 26, 1968
Service recordTerry Allen Frechette, of Cedar Springs, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Cedar Springs, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 15
- CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTTPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD MARK ONEALCorporal · July 26, 1968
- ERIC PARKERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- MANUEL MENDOZA SIQUEIROSPetty Officer Second Class · July 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 13
From Cedar Springs
- JACK LEON PRICESecond Lieutenant · July 16, 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.