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FREDERIC READ CHESEBROUGH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1942 – March 16, 1967
Service recordFrederic Read Chesebrough, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 91
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 91
- CHARLEY EDWARD GUNNLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE HARTLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- ROGER KEITH HOOSIERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MICHAEL KING JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 92
- CLARANCE ALLEN MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 95
- GARY STEVEN ROWLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 97
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.