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FRED JASON SECRIST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – January 9, 1968
Service recordFred Jason Secrist, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 11
- THOMAS ARTHUR BOOKERPlatoon Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND REHEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- DERRI SYKESStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN EMERY NEWTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 9
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 34E, Line 9
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 34E, Line 10
From Springfield
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
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.