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FRED GEROLD RINEHART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – August 6, 1969
Service recordFred Gerold Rinehart, of El Monte, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 104
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 104
- MICHAEL WALTER NORTHSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN TALBOTTCorporal · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAROLD FINGERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 101
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 103
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 104
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 105
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 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.