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FREDDIE LOUIS DACUS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1945 – November 12, 1970
Service recordFreddie Louis Dacus, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 53
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · November 12, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
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.