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FRED FRENCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1949 – September 24, 1970
Service recordFred French, of Susanville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 86
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Susanville, California (Lassen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 86
- ROBERT CHARLES RIVEIRASergeant · September 23, 1970
- RAYMOND DALE WOODSONLance Corporal · September 23, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD FORTENBERRYSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN FROSSARDCorporal · September 24, 1970
From Susanville
- JERRY DON JONESPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- THEODORE ARTHUR STAMPFLIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- EARL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · September 21, 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.