The Wall › Panel 51E › New Jersey › Freddie Whitaker
FREDDIE WHITAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – April 19, 1968
Service recordFreddie Whitaker, of Union, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 4
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Union, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 4
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- JEROME I WILSONStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM PRATHER YORKLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES C BEARDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 44
- DAVID KIM DEETERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 45
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 46
- WILLFORD LEON DYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JUAN GOMEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- DENNIS RAY HARTPENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 49
- EDWARD THOMAS MELLO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- JERRY VERNON MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 51
- JENIES ISAAC MOBLEYSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- TOMMY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 3
- RUSSELL LEE THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 3
From Union
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- EDWARD BRUCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES DALEYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JEFFREY WAYNE KOONCESergeant · November 19, 1967
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · October 9, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLOSergeant · May 4, 1970
- RONALD C WALTERSCorporal · December 16, 1970
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.