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FREDERICK W FROMME JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1943 – May 9, 1967
Service recordFrederick W Fromme JR, of Vallejo, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 71
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DAVID FORREST FRALEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- DANNY MARVIN GREENELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- MELVIN WILLARD GUNDERSONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
- BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNERPrivate First Class · December 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.