Mr. and Mrs. Grover Miller, 402 W. Harper, Seguin, received a message from the Department of the Army that their son, Freddie L. Corley, had been wounded in action in Vietnam May 3,1966 when he stepped on a land mine.
    Freddie was air evacuated to the United States on May 9 and arrived at Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas on May 12.
    Both of young Freddie Corley's legs have been amputated below the knees.
    He has been awarded a Purple Heart for wounds received in action.  His present condition is considered satisfactory.
    Freddie is a bed patient and will undergo special treatment.  When his former schoolmates at Ball High School, from which he was graduated last May 1965, heard of his wish for a record player, the students, headed by the seniors, started a fund for such a purpose.
    Freddie has expressed a wish to hear from his former classmates and his friends.
    He is to be addressed by name, in care of Ward 43-A, Beach Pavilion, Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houton, Texas.  
    Following his graduation last May, Freddie had served in the army of the United States for only seven months.
Seguin Gazette, May 18, 1966