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EARL WARREN FREDERICKSON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 16, 1949 – June 20, 1972
Service recordEarl Warren Frederickson, of Shafer, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 20, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 47
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hull Maintenance Technician (HT)
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Shafer, Minnesota (Chisago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 47
- RONALD ALBERT WENZLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1972
- LOUIS KARL BREUER IVFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1972
- EDWIN GILBERT NORTHUPCaptain · June 20, 1972
- STEPHEN EDWARD SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1972
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.