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FREDERICK M RADER III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 22, 1946 – November 27, 1970
Service recordFrederick M Rader III, of Westport, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 27, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 87
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Westport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 87
- MACARIO SANCHEZ JRLance Corporal · November 27, 1970
- CHARLES FORAK CREAMER IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 28, 1970
- GARY EDGAR FIELDCorporal · November 28, 1970
- DAVID CRUZ JAUREGUIFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1970
From Westport
- MICHAEL BRADLEY PAQUINStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL BARMMERLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- STEPHEN ADAMS SHORTALLFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- FRANCIS ANTHONY WALSH JRMajor · December 21, 1972
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.