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FREDERIC C SAUNDERS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1952 – August 31, 1971
Service recordFrederic C Saunders JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1952
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 7
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
- LARRY JOHN KLUEVERCaptain · September 1, 1971
- JOHN PHILIP QUINN JRSergeant · September 1, 1971
- ARTHUR TOMASCHEKCaptain · September 1, 1971
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.