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FREDERICK LEO ROHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1968
Service recordFrederick Leo Rohan, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 17
- LARRY DELTON PHELPSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- JOHN DAVID PONDERLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- LEROY WARREN POPPEMAHospitalman · May 16, 1968
- HARRY LEE RILEY JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 9
- RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 14
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.