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FRED STEWART ROTH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1947 – May 24, 1967
Service recordFred Stewart Roth, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 97
- BRIAN ROSS NORFLEETPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN OSHEAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1967
- RODNEY DOUGLAS PICKETTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JOHNNY CALVIN PRESTONSergeant · May 24, 1967
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.