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FRED KARAMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1945 – April 17, 1969
Service recordFred Karaman, of Endicott, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 100
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Endicott, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 100
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · April 17, 1969
- DANA BRUCE JENSENPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1969
- JAMES CARL JOHNSONLance Corporal · April 17, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 100
- ALBERT ALLEN LADDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 101
- LESLIE ALLEN POWELLCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 102
From Endicott
- AARON GREGORY FIDIAM JRTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- FRANK FETTUCCIAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES MACKOColonel · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS CARLSONLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 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.