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FRED LAMAR WHILES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordFred Lamar Whiles JR, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 2
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 2
- HERBERT LEROY TUTTLE JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- PHILIP GREGORY WIGTONLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN RICHARD GIBNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 22
- RICHARD EDWIN NOBLESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 30
- DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JRSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 30
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.