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FRED THOMPSON UREN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordFred Thompson Uren, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 20
- BRUCE EDWARD TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFOR VANALLENWarrant Officer 1 · May 16, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD WATSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DELTON PHELPSSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 17
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.