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FREDERICK MAREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – April 2, 1970
Service recordFrederick Marez, of Gering, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 83
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Gering, Nebraska (Scotts Bluff County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 83
- HENRY LESTER ADERHOLTSergeant · February 14, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · April 2, 1970
- DANIEL LEROY MYERSLance Corporal · April 2, 1970
- DENNIS NEWMAN PIPKINCorporal · April 2, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD RARRICKSergeant · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEE FRUECHTENICHTSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 80
From Gering
- WILLARD ARLIN PHILSONSpecialist Four · February 1, 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.