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FRED ANTONY EXNER III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 9, 1945 – November 20, 1969
Service recordFred Antony Exner III, of San Marino, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 99
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1945
- Home of record
- San Marino, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 99
- ALAN EVERETT DICKEYSergeant · November 20, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNCANPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- LESLIE TOBIAS HAMMACKStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ATWOOD LERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 100
From San Marino
- KENNETH NEWLON GOODCaptain · January 2, 1963
- BYRON MORROW SPEERSecond Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- ROBERT CONN CHAUDOINFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 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.