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FREDERICK REED WILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – July 9, 1968
Service recordFrederick Reed Will, of Whittier, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 8
- HARRY ADELBERT BARBERSergeant · July 9, 1968
- LINWOOD PRESTON RICKARDSGunnery Sergeant · July 9, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD THOMASLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGO CARLOS CASTANEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 2
- SAM STEPHEN ALLISONSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 4
- CHARLES COOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 4
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.