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FRED ZIMRI WASHBURN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1944 – October 2, 1968
Service recordFred Zimri Washburn, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Middleboro, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 65
- RICHARD M WELCHFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- DONALD LEE WESTERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MARTIN EDWARD BIXLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN C SHERIN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 64
- ALLAN RAY WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 64
- DONALD LEE WESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 65
From Middleboro
- HUBERT BRADFORD LOHEEDCaptain · February 1, 1966
- GERALD BRIAN DORRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- WAYNE MAURICE CARONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN MORRISONLance Corporal · November 1, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE BELLERIVECorporal · January 19, 1969
- WILLIAM MARK SMITHSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS TOWNES JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1972
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.