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FRED EDWARD TRAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1949 – June 17, 1969
Service recordFred Edward Traylor, of Heflin, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Heflin, Alabama (Cleburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 71
- MARVIN LEROI WATSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- SAMUEL MARLAR WHITE JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM WITTYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WALTER WARD BECKERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
From Heflin
- WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLORSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HOYT SMITHPrivate First Class · April 17, 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.