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FRED DARREL WHITAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – February 15, 1969
Service recordFred Darrel Whitaker, of Highland, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Highland, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 41
- BRIAN LEE WELLSCorporal · February 15, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN WILCOXSergeant · February 15, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES WYMANPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
From Highland
- STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKOCorporal · August 1, 1967
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- STEVE BLASKOVICH JRCorporal · June 8, 1970
- CALVIN ROBERT GISHPetty Officer Second Class · July 2, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES CISARCorporal · December 12, 1970
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.