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FRED LAWER MCPHERSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 11, 1929 – January 28, 1966
Service recordFred Lawer McPherson, of Oakland, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 28, 1966, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 104
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 TAC FTR WG
- Born
- February 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 104
- HARRY MADISON MORSEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- NATHANIEL SIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · July 6, 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.