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THOMAS WILLIAM FRECH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – December 1, 1970
Service recordThomas William Frech, of Somerville, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 101
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Target Acquisition Surveillance Radar Repairer (26C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Somerville, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa 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 101
- LAVERNE DARTON COYLESergeant Major · December 1, 1970
- KENNETH EUGENE CRAYNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 1, 1970
- ERIC LAWRENCE GRIFFITHAirman · December 1, 1970
- JOHN HENRY HOLMESSergeant First Class · December 1, 1970
From Somerville
- RICHARD JOSEPH VALLONEPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES LOUIS MAGLIAROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS SCHERDINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- MYRON DIDURYKMajor · April 24, 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.