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WILLIAM AUSTIN FREY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1941 – September 15, 1968
Service recordWilliam Austin Frey, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 63
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1941
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 63
- DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHESpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS GENE FOSTERCorporal · September 15, 1968
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · September 15, 1968
- RICHARD GREEN JRSergeant · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GREEN JRSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 63
- VERN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 64
- ROBERT HENRY STAHLPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 67
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.