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FRED ALBERT NETH
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
March 17, 1932 – January 16, 1966
Service recordFred Albert Neth, of Ft Scott, Kansas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 124 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- March 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Ft Scott, Kansas (Bourbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 75
- CHARLES DAVID SCHOONOVERLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- JAMES E TATEPrivate First Class · January 16, 1966
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
From Ft Scott
- RAYMOND FRANCIS LEFTWICHTechnical Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM LEHNHOFF JRLieutenant Colonel · November 18, 1967
- FRANKIE EUGENE ALLGOODLieutenant Colonel · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE RUNKLELieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1968
- ALAN WAYNE BRESHEARSPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- KENNETH LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
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.