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FREDERICK FRENCH VANDEUSEN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
June 22, 1931 – July 3, 1968
Service recordFrederick French Vandeusen, of Blacksburg, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 1
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Blacksburg, Virginia (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY HOLMESSergeant · July 3, 1968
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MERLE HOUTZCorporal · July 3, 1968
- WILLIAM D JOHNSON JRCorporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALPHONSE DAVINOSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 41
- JOSEPH HODGESSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 42
- COLIN EDWARD LAMBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 2
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 7
From Blacksburg
- WALTER KOSKOLieutenant Colonel · July 27, 1965
- ROBERT MILTON WADEStaff Sergeant · October 12, 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.