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FRED EMERY LAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordFred Emery Land, of Wewahitchka, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Wewahitchka, Florida (Gulf County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 44
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · August 18, 1968
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH LIONEL KROMSergeant · August 18, 1968
- LARRY JOHN LAPOINTSergeant · August 18, 1968
From Wewahitchka
- ROBERT HARRISON PILKSergeant First Class · June 19, 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.