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FREDERICK W DAUTEN JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 2, 1934 – April 4, 1970
Service recordFrederick W Dauten JR, of Guilford, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 4, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 91
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 2, 1934
- Home of record
- Guilford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 91
- EVERETT LEE ANKROMSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · April 4, 1970
- STEPHEN LEE BUSBYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 1970
From Guilford
- ARTHUR ALLEN CROSBY JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- STEPHEN JOHN BRENNANPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
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.