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FREDERICK HERB WHITTEMORE
Commander · U.S. Navy
December 23, 1929 – April 11, 1968
Service recordFrederick Herb Whittemore, of Carson City, Nevada, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 11, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 93 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- December 23, 1929
- Home of record
- Carson City, Nevada (Carson City (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 20
- JERRY DOUGLAS CLARKPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- MICHAEL GREGORY DEMARCOLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
From Carson City
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- DAVID LEROY COLLINSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANNY LEE SMOTHERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMANSergeant · April 10, 1968
- KEITH DEGERO TAYLORLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WILLISCorporal · August 1, 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.