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FREDERICK ERIC LEOPOLD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1951 – February 22, 1970
Service recordFrederick Eric Leopold, of Norwood, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Norwood, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 45
- MARK ARDELL JENEWEINSergeant · February 22, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM KUHNStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1970
- LISTON RAPHEAL LEONARDPrivate · February 22, 1970
- JACKIE LEE LEWALLENPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
From Norwood
- DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHANCaptain · April 14, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE REESPrivate · March 21, 1970
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.