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FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1948 – December 12, 1968
Service recordFrederick George Derocher, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Haverhill, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 10
- ROBERT LEON BELTRANSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- DAN MICHAEL BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · December 12, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH BRIERLYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- GALE WALTER CROONFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
From Haverhill
- RALPH BASILIEREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 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.