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FRED DANIEL PENLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordFred Daniel Penland, of Sparta, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 20
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Sparta, Ohio (Morrow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 20
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CALVIN BOB PIERCEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- PAUL HENRY PIRKOLAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 16
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 23
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.