Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 3-Aug-1951
Hometown: Waynesville, North Carolina
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 9-Apr-1970
Start of tour: 15-Jun-1971
Incident date: 22-Aug-1971
Date of casualty: 22-Aug-1971
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
David Wayne Frady was killed while he was moving into a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP5 Billy Wayne Disheroon
SP4 David Wayne Frady
Location of fatality: Binh Thuy, South Vietnam, XT 924 239
Place of interment: Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Waynesville, North Carolina, USA
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