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FREDERICK WILHELM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 30, 1937 – September 11, 1969
Service recordFrederick Wilhelm, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 74
- ROBERT PAUL WIESNETHFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- LEO JAMES BROUSSARD JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM COXCaptain · September 12, 1969
- STEPHEN ANTHONY DESANTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL WIESNETHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 74
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.