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FREDERICK JOHN YOUMANS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1948 – July 22, 1966
Service recordFrederick John Youmans, of Gilman, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Gilman, Illinois (Iroquois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 61
- FRED OTIS BAUGH JRLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- DONALD GENE DAVENPORTGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1966
- MELVIN FORDSergeant · July 23, 1966
From Gilman
- ROBERT EUGENE STPETERMajor · January 29, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK VADBUNKERPrivate First Class · March 15, 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.