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FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1944 – May 14, 1969
Service recordFred Grabiel Gusman JR, of Brownfield, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fuel And Electrical Systems Repairer (63G)
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Brownfield, Texas (Terry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 5
- RONALD WALTER FEROUGESpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- MICHAEL KENT FULTZSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GILES WILSON GILMERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH GIRONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
From Brownfield
- WILLIE JOE BRAMLETSergeant · March 5, 1966
- EVARISTO SANDOVALSergeant · September 12, 1967
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JULIUS R ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN CLARK IIMajor · December 5, 1969
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1971
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.