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FRED RICHARD DODE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – November 21, 1967
Service recordFred Richard Dode, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 55
- WILLIE LEE BROADNAXPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- HAROLD ERVIN CUMBIEMaster Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- KINNETH GLENN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- NORMAN ROBERT GOBLESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DUANE MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 58
- ROBERT OCHOACorporal · Panel 30E, Line 58
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 59
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.