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FREDERICK R WILLARD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1947 – April 21, 1967
Service recordFrederick R Willard JR, of Glendora, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Glendora, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 66
- FREDERICK THOMAS WESTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID MARSHALL WINTERSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JIMMIE DUAYNE CINTRONLance Corporal · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH STEVEN GALIANAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 57
From Glendora
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL KUEBELLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
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.