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ALLAN MARCUS FREDRICKSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordAllan Marcus Fredricksen, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 10
- ALBERT ALOYSIUS GILLESPIEPrivate · May 19, 1968
- SIGARD RICHARD GRIMSTADPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- OVERTIS HINTON JRCorporal · May 19, 1968
- ARTIE INGRAMCorporal · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY A SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 18
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 18
- WILLIAM BERNARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 19
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.