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WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONE
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1932 – July 5, 1966
Service recordWilliam Fredrick Freestone, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 133
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 133
- PAUL HENRY PHILLIPSPrivate · July 5, 1966
- NEIL GEORGE REUTERCaptain · July 5, 1966
- JERRY ARDELL ROBERTSFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- LARRY JOSEPH NEHRINGLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
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.