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FREDERICK HOMEYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1945 – April 18, 1966
Service recordFrederick Homeyer, of White Plains, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 11 MAR
- Born
- April 6, 1945
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 11 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 121
- DANNY ARNOLD BOLINLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM ENGELLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- RALPH RICHARD LIND JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH RICHARD LIND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 121
From White Plains
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 1969
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.