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FREDERICK RICHARD LEVINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1945 – June 16, 1970
Service recordFrederick Richard Levins, of Naples, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Naples, Florida (Collier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 57
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID BRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1970
- WARREN GAMALIEL FRANKS JRSergeant · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT LEE GRAYSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
From Naples
- DALE VINCENT BREMERMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- GEORGE DENNIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH STEELECorporal · August 28, 1967
- JOHN LUMSDEN BARNESSpecialist Five · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM NEIL FLINTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLIE C ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDERSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JON HUBBARD SANDERSTechnical Sergeant · April 15, 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.