Freedman, Lawrence N., SGM

Deceased

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Service Details

Final Rank
Sergeant Major

Last Service Branch
Special Forces (1987-Present)

Last MOS
18Z50-Special Forces Operations Sergeant

Last MOS Group
Special Forces

Primary Unit
1986-1990, US Army John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School (USAJFKSWCS)

Service Years
1965 - 1990

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1941

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Contact Info

Last Address Philadelphia
Date of Passing Dec 22, 1992
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

USAE Special Operations Command Joint Forces

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Chapter I/XVIII - The Samuel S. Theriault/Aaron Bank Chapter


	1990, Special Forces Association, 1, Chapter I/XVIII - The Samuel S. Theriault/Aaron Bank Chapter (Executive Officer) (Fayetteville, North Carolina) - Chap. Page
	1992, National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) (Arlington, Virginia)

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Unit Assignments

1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D)

US Army John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School (USAJFKSWCS)


	1967-1969, HHC, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
	1975-1976, 91B10, B Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group
	1978-1986, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D)
	1986-1990, US Army John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School (USAJFKSWCS)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1967-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
	1968-1969 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (1968-69)
	1969-1969 Vietnam War/Tet 69 Counteroffensive Campaign
	1969-1969 Vietnam War/Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign
	1980-1980 Operation Eagle Claw (Iran)
	1984-1985 Operation Island Breeze (Grenada)
	1986-1986 Operation El Dorado Canyon (Libya)
	1989-1989 Operation Just Cause (Panama)
	1991-1991 Gulf War/Liberation and Defense of Kuwait/Operation Desert Storm
	1992-1992 Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Jan 24, 1993, CASUALTY IN SOMALIA HAD A HUSH-HUSH LIFE
	Dec 23, 2021, Other Military Photos

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Killed by a mine while working for the CIA in Somalia.