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WILLIAM FREW TRAIN III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1937 – June 16, 1962
Service recordWilliam Frew Train III, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1962
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1962. In June 1962, 3 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 10
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- JOSEPH A GOLDBERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 15, 1962
- ROBERT LEWIS SIMPSONCaptain · August 28, 1962
Same unit, same day
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 10
From Savannah
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
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.