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FREDDIE KEMP
Private · U.S. Army
November 15, 1944 – August 17, 1966
Service recordFreddie Kemp, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 16
- HERBERT STERLING MURFFMaster Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · August 17, 1966
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE THOMAS KRUEGERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 15
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.