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FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1940 – April 18, 1968
Service recordFrederick Devilla Wescott, of Nelson, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Nelson, Pennsylvania (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 43
- ERNEST VETTER JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- JOHNNY ROBERT WEBBPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- REGINALD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- GROVER C WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 38
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 39
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 39
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 40
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 41
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
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.