Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, will be buried with military honors Thursday at the state veterans cemetery in Spring Lake. In later wars, families ...

Neil Frye joined the US Navy in 1940 at age 20 before he was killed during the attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After more than 80 years, a Black soldier killed during the attack on ...

After nearly 84 years, U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye is finally home from Pearl Harbor and was laid to rest last week in North Carolina. Frye was only 20-years-old when he died ...

When torpedoes struck his battleship, Neil Frye was just 20 years old — a country boy halfway around the world from his tiny hometown of Vass, North Carolina, caught off-guard on an infamous day.

Mary Frye McCrimmon, the youngest of 10 children, does recall Neil Frye being caring enough to build a sled for her. One year, Neil got her a tricycle. “My sister Judy, she used to tell me he ...

A 20-year-old Black sailor was buried with military honors this week. WUNC's Jay Price has the story of Neil Frye. JAY PRICE, BYLINE: In later wars, there would have been a uniformed notification ...

After nearly 84 years, Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye is finally home from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was laid to rest last week in North Carolina. Frye was only 20 years old when he ...