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FRED OBERDING JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1953 – October 29, 1972
Service recordFred Oberding JR, of Alhambra, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1972, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1953
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 85
- DEXTER BUSH FLORENCEFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1972
- JAMES EDWARD SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · October 29, 1972
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DEXTER BUSH FLORENCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 85
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.