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FREDDIE CARVIAL DEFOOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordFreddie Carvial Defoor, of Tatum, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Tatum, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 62
- CHARLES WILLIE DOKESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
- DONALD HALLSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · February 27, 1970
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND CURTIS HETZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 63
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.