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ALAN DOUGLAS FREDRICKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – April 9, 1967
Service recordAlan Douglas Fredrickson, of Houghton, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 3
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Houghton, Michigan (Houghton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 3
- JOSEPH WILLIAM FRANCIS JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · April 9, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
From Houghton
- ROBERT LOUIS SHIRODA JRSergeant · February 24, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.