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FRED MELVIN WRENN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – January 5, 1968
Service recordFred Melvin Wrenn, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 54
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
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33E, Line 54
- ROBERT GENE SMOOTCorporal · January 5, 1968
- FRANK BARTH SMYKSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- RICHARD OLIVER WILLIAMSLieutenant · January 5, 1968
- JAMES D WILLIAMSONSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL LINDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.