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FREDERICK RICHARD OHLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1944 – April 11, 1968
Service recordFrederick Richard Ohler, of Garden City, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Garden City, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 25
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- RONALD EDGAR RIEDEFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
From Garden City
- RICHARD NASH MCINERNEYCaptain · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY KISCHSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOHN SHORTENFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1968
- WALTER CHAPMAN JONES IIICaptain · April 4, 1968
- PHILIP FRANCIS SHERIDANLance Corporal · April 14, 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.