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FRED ROBERT THORPE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – October 9, 1969
Service recordFred Robert Thorpe, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 59
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · October 9, 1969
- STEVIE TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- LEON TRECINSKISpecialist Four · October 9, 1969
- MARK ALAN VANBEUKERINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.