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ALLEN JOHN VANFREDENBERG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – September 3, 1969
Service recordAllen John Vanfredenberg, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 30
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · September 3, 1969
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 3, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.