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FRED J BRIDGES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordFred J Bridges JR, of Junction City, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 17
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 Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Junction City, Arkansas (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 17
- JULIO CESAR WELDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- HARRISON WINE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JACK BERNARD YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1969
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
From Junction City
- JERRY ALLEN PALMERPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
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.