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PFC Roy Eldon Freeman Jr.

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PFC Roy Eldon Freeman Jr. Veteran

Birth
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA
Death
9 May 1966 (aged 22)
Vietnam
Burial
Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.1446944, Longitude: -86.2293861
Memorial ID
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PFC Freeman #
MOS:

Drafted into the US Army.
Feb 13, 1966
On May 10, 1966 a Bobcat from Company A, which was attached to the 1st Brigade on an operation in the Filhol, was killed when a booby trapped tunnel door was detonated. Members of the company spent most of the night digging his body out of the collapsed tunnel system.

Bronze Star Medal (Valor).
PFC Roy Freeman, Co. A, 1st Bn. (Mech.), 5th Inf. (Posthumously)

Survived by his parents, Roy E and Bertha Rosalie H Freeman.
PFC Freeman #
MOS:

Drafted into the US Army.
Feb 13, 1966
On May 10, 1966 a Bobcat from Company A, which was attached to the 1st Brigade on an operation in the Filhol, was killed when a booby trapped tunnel door was detonated. Members of the company spent most of the night digging his body out of the collapsed tunnel system.

Bronze Star Medal (Valor).
PFC Roy Freeman, Co. A, 1st Bn. (Mech.), 5th Inf. (Posthumously)

Survived by his parents, Roy E and Bertha Rosalie H Freeman.


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