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FRED OLIVER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – April 27, 1968
Service recordFred Oliver JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 31
- LOYD EUGENE KINSWORTHYCorporal · April 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ORASHPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- DANIEL PERRYGunnery Sergeant · April 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH BONGARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 27
- ROBERT JAMES BOWDERN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 27
- JONATHON LEE GENSSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 29
- FERNANDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 29
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.