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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Audley M Federline JR.

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AUDLEY M FEDERLINE JR

Captain · U.S. Army

March 24, 1937 – November 19, 1966

Service record

Audley M Federline JR, of Startex, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12E · Line 88

Position of Panel 12E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
March 24, 1937
Home of record
Startex, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 19, 1966
Age
29
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 12E, Line 88

Same unit, same day

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.