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CARL LEE FRUECHTENICHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1948 – April 2, 1970
Service recordCarl Lee Fruechtenicht, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 80
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 80
- WILLIAM MICHAEL FINKSergeant · April 2, 1970
- ALVIN WINSLOW FLOYDSergeant First Class · April 2, 1970
- SPENCER ALAN GOETHECorporal · April 2, 1970
- LARRY GRAVESCorporal · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK MAREZSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 83
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.