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FREDERICK LEE FIELDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1950 – November 30, 1970
Service recordFrederick Lee Fields, of Crestview, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Crestview, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 98
- RAFAEL ANGEL DIAZSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
- EUGENE EDWARDSSergeant · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT SAMPSON GEERSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
- DONALD LEWIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GENE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 99
From Crestview
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · June 11, 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.