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FREDERICK V ARENS JR
Fireman · U.S. Navy
July 21, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordFrederick V Arens JR, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 24, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 4
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- July 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 4
- MICHAEL FRANCIS ANDERSONLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- STEPHEN LOUIS BEANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES P BIRKSAirman · May 24, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.