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FRED THOMAS EARLES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1945 – June 20, 1966
Service recordFred Thomas Earles, of Bellflower, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 65
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 65
- LELAND RICHARD COTTINSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · June 20, 1966
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
- VINCENT VENUTI JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
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.