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FRED HORATIO GATES II
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
July 25, 1932 – August 19, 1967
Service recordFred Horatio Gates II, of Centreville, Maryland, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 22
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- July 25, 1932
- Home of record
- Centreville, Maryland (Queen Anne's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 22
- ISIDRO BACAPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD LEE BOBOSergeant · August 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUCKLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- CLARENCE LAWRENCE CHASESpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Centreville
- HOWARD OLIVER WRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT WILSON BROWN JRCaptain · February 26, 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.