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FRED ERNEST MACGEARY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1928 – October 19, 1967
Service recordFred Ernest Macgeary, of Inglewood, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Born
- April 24, 1928
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 41
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE MCMILLANLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS MCNAMARASpecialist Five · October 19, 1967
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.