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FRED EUGENE TATE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1948 – May 10, 1967
Service recordFred Eugene Tate, of Hollywood, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 87
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 87
- ROBERT LEE SNYDERMajor · May 10, 1967
- DAVID KEALOHA SUAPAIALance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- NICHOLAS ALLEN TAGUECorporal · May 10, 1967
- JOHN CULLEN TATEPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1967
From Hollywood
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · August 20, 1968
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.