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FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – May 2, 1969
Service recordFrederick John Follette, of Braintree, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 98
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Braintree, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 98
- LUIS PHILIP CRUZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- MELVIN WARREN EAKINSLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN FRATTOLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- WILLIAM A MANSERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 100
- JERRY ROGER MEADOWSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 100
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 101
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 104
From Braintree
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · January 24, 1967
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 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.