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FREDDIE LEON SONAGGERA
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1943 – April 17, 1968
Service recordFreddie Leon Sonaggera, of Heavener, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Heavener, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 33
- MICHAEL LAVERNE PHEIFFERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ALVIN LEE POUNDSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- LARRY GENE RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK SERIOCaptain · April 17, 1968
From Heavener
- BILLY RONALD ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RONALD CHARLES OGLESBYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- R G CAUTHRONCorporal · July 9, 1968
- LUKE JUNIOR AZLINSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
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.