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FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZ
Private · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – April 5, 1966
Service recordFrederick Anthony Wentz, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 87
- EDWARD MILTON STANCHEKPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 83
- GERMA CHAPARRO-VILLANUEVASpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 84
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 84
- KEITH WALTER KAUFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 85
- DANIEL JAMES MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 85
- NATHANIEL MERRIWEATHERSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 85
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- CARLOS J SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- EDWARD MILTON STANCHEKPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 88
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · May 13, 1968
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.