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TROIT DONOVAN FREELAND
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 1, 1921 – August 13, 1970
Service recordTroit Donovan Freeland, of Olney, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 13, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 1, 1921
- Home of record
- Olney, Illinois (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 107
- HENRY THOMAS COXCaptain · August 13, 1970
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GAGEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1970
- NICKALAS PEREZ GURNIASSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- JAMES CLARENCE JUNGESergeant · August 13, 1970
From Olney
- DAVID EDWARD MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 18, 1964
- DENNIS FRANCIS HAHNSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOXStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1971
- DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JRLieutenant · September 24, 1972
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.