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FRED ALBERT SLEMSEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1948 – August 20, 1969
Service recordFred Albert Slemsek, of Bishop, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Bishop, California (Inyo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 82
- JAMES EARL RUTTANCorporal · August 20, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS SPILKERSergeant · August 20, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- MARTIN LESTER TABERChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE BAZEMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 76
- STANISLAW JOSEPH DROZDZPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 77
From Bishop
- HAROLD EUGENE WILLISPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- THOMAS MATTHEW HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- ERIC MELVIN DEWEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALEC WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- DONALD GUSTAV VOGETStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1971
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.