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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Freddie Lewis Lockhart.

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FREDDIE LEWIS LOCKHART

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

June 10, 1933 – November 25, 1970

Service record

Freddie Lewis Lockhart, of Terra Alta, West Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 83

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Personnel/Administrative Technician (711A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 SIGNAL BDE
Born
June 10, 1933
Home of record
Terra Alta, West Virginia (Preston County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 25, 1970
Age
37
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 83

From Terra Alta

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.