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FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1934 – October 3, 1967
Service recordFred Contreras Nunez, of Tulare, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 46
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 46
- VAN HAROLD NEWVILLELieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM WARD SCOVILLEAirman Second Class · October 3, 1967
- WALTER CLARENCE WRIGHTAirman Second Class · October 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 43
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 45
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 1969
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.