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FRED MICHAEL RAGLAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 7, 1949 – August 4, 1969
Service recordFred Michael Ragland, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWARD OWENS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 4, 1969
- RODNEY FRANKLIN STEVENSSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- DANNY LANCE BARRONCorporal · August 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LOU COX JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 94
- EUGENE C OATES IIICaptain · Panel 20W, Line 95
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.