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FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMP
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1927 – February 24, 1966
Service recordFrederick Albert Slemp, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ldo (6372)
- Born
- August 21, 1927
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 75
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- CECIL Y WAREStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · February 24, 1966
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- WILLIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.