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WILLARD JOHN FRIESE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1946 – March 21, 1966
Service recordWillard John Friese, of Washington, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, Iowa (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 29
- ROBERT GUY BROWNLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- CALVIN KEALOHAOKALAN CHOWGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1966
- FRANK RAY COMPTONLieutenant · March 21, 1966
From Washington
- ROBERT GEORGE HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.