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WALTER CHARLES FRISBIE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 16, 1950 – October 23, 1971
Service recordWalter Charles Frisbie, of Chemung, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Chemung, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In October 1971, 132 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 49
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1971
- ROBERT HARRISON CLIFTONSpecialist Four · October 23, 1971
- LONNIE WAYNE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · October 23, 1971
- ANTHONY PETER QUINTCaptain · October 23, 1971
From Chemung
- WALTER RIPLEY TYRRELLPetty Officer Second Class · February 7, 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.