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FREDERICK ALLEN WATHEN
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
October 1, 1947 – July 13, 1966
Service recordFrederick Allen Wathen, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 20
- DAVID LEE COX JRSpecialist Five · July 14, 1966
- MARSHALL FREDERICK KIPINAStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- FOSTER BISHOP MILLERCorporal · September 4, 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.