Rank: Corporal
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
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: Selected Service
Date of birth: 23-Jun-1949
Hometown: Bellflower, California
Marital status: Married to Adell C. Frey
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 10-Jun-1969
Start of tour: 4-Dec-1969
Incident date: 25-Feb-1970
Date of casualty: 25-Feb-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Jesse Clifford Frey was killed while driver of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a mine detonated. / Driver of Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance mission. Vehicle detonated hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 380 856
Place of interment: Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California, USA
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