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FREDERICK WILLIAM PRUDEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1938 – November 2, 1970
Service recordFrederick William Pruden, of Summerfield, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 31, 1938
- Home of record
- Summerfield, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 35
- STEPHEN JOSEPH KASTERFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1970
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS ORRICOChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RICHARD BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 34
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.