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FREDDIE L SLAUGHTER JR
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 14, 1952 – July 30, 1972
Service recordFreddie L Slaughter JR, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 30, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 61
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 14, 1952
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 61
- THOMAS W REASORCaptain · July 30, 1972
- JOSEP L RUZICKA JRCaptain · July 30, 1972
- LUIS ALONZOCorporal · August 1, 1972
- ROBERT MITCHELL LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1972
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.