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FREDERICK BRU SUMMERVILLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1950 – July 6, 1971
Service recordFrederick Bru Summerville, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 102
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 102
- ALAN SHERMAN GOFFPrivate First Class · July 6, 1971
- RICHARD STUART PATTERSONPrivate · July 6, 1971
- RUBEN RUBIOSergeant · July 6, 1971
- DANIEL WAYNE THOMASCaptain · July 6, 1971
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.