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FRED EMERY CARRINGTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 22, 1944 – February 11, 1970
Service recordFred Emery Carrington, of Plainfield, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Plainfield, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 125
- JIMMY LEE CAMPBELLCorporal · February 11, 1970
- RICHARD BOUCHE DAVIS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 11, 1970
- TIMOTHY CHARLES FARRELLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHULERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DUANE PUETZSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
From Plainfield
- CHARLES OWEN CRAIG JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES ROGERSSpecialist Four · March 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.