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FREDERICK DUNHAM GRATEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1947 – April 11, 1968
Service recordFrederick Dunham Graten, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 22
- EUGENE RICHARD GANNONCaptain · April 11, 1968
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY HENDERSONSergeant · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW HOGGATTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.