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FRED GEORGE LOSEL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordFred George Losel JR, of La Puente, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 7
- JACKIE GLEN LEISUREStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD LEE LOHSEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GEORGE WENDELL LONGAirman First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 3
- JOHN EARL MAGEEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 8
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 9
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
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.