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WILLIAM CARL FREUND
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Carl Freund, of Bridgeport, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 26
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JAMES LEE FOREMANSergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FLORENTINO CIPRIAN BARRONCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 20
- ROY DUKE CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 22
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 25
- WILLIE ROGER GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 28
- JOHN WAYNE HUDGENSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- STANLEY MICHAEL JAMROZYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- PHILIP JOHN OLOFSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 33
- ALVIN RICHARD SPIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 36
- CALVIN LEROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 37
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 37
- OLIVER ARGYLE WARESergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 38
From Bridgeport
- WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITTSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- FREDERICK M KOSSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 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.