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FRED CALVIN RUSSELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1922 – February 10, 1967
Service recordFred Calvin Russell, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 15
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 16, 1922
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 15
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- PAUL JOHN PERECKOLieutenant Colonel · February 10, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL POHLMANSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
From Maryville
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 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.