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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Frederick Theodore Sebers.

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FREDERICK THEODORE SEBERS

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

October 25, 1926 – November 7, 1967

Service record

Frederick Theodore Sebers, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 7, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 29E · Line 44

Position of Panel 29E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
October 25, 1926
Home of record
Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 7, 1967
Age
41
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 29E, Line 44

From Tacoma

All 79 names from Tacoma →

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.