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FREDERICK RICHARD NEEF
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 5, 1951 – November 27, 1970
Service recordFrederick Richard Neef, of Germantown, Maryland, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 27, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 86
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Germantown, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
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 86
- PAUL THOMAS GILLASPIESergeant · November 27, 1970
- THOMAS WALTER GOSZEWSKICorporal · November 27, 1970
- JORGE LUIS JOURDAN-FONTSpecialist Four · November 27, 1970
- WILLIAM BRANDON OKIEFFTechnical Sergeant · November 27, 1970
From Germantown
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · October 13, 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.