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DREW FIEDLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1945 – October 12, 1968
Service recordDrew Fiedler, of New London, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 52
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1945
- Home of record
- New London, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 52
- WAYNE MORRIS BELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 12, 1968
- STEWART CHARLES EMERSONSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD GOLEMBIEWSKIPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE CANDELARIA R CARDENASStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 51
- GARY MORTEN CULBERTSONSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 51
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 52
- WALTER EDWARD GOLEMBIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 52
- JUAN JOSE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 53
- ROBERT HUERTA SANCHEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 54
From New London
- DWIGHT ANTHONY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- CLAUDIE FOWLERPrivate First Class · July 11, 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.