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FREDERICK ALFRED CAINES
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – December 30, 1969
Service recordFrederick Alfred Caines, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 109
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 109
- JAMES ROBERT DEAN JRSergeant · December 30, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES DELACROIXSergeant · December 30, 1969
- FIELDING W FEATHERSTON IIICaptain · December 30, 1969
- DOYLE HALL PARSONChief Petty Officer · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ANTHONY MOORESergeant · Panel 15W, Line 110
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.