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FRED ROMAN SAIZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – August 2, 1966
Service recordFred Roman Saiz, of Bernalillo, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Bernalillo, New Mexico (Sandoval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 101
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- EDWARD MICHAEL SIEBENPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- GERALD F TRITTSCHUHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENT L AMERINESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 96
- LARRY KENNETH BARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 96
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 96
- GLASCO JUNIOR FRYARSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- DALE HENRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 98
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HIRAM J KNIGHTON JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- EARL MELTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 99
- WILEY LAVELL PHILLIPSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 101
- EDWARD MICHAEL SIEBENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- GERALD F TRITTSCHUHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
From Bernalillo
- EUSEBIO MONTOYAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
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.