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FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – June 19, 1968
Service recordFredric Cecil McCaskill, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 36
- JAMES RAY FRY JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH LINKFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1968
- EUGENE L MANSELLE IIIPrivate · June 19, 1968
- RUBEN D MERCADO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE BESTPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 31
- RICHARD THOMAS DUTROPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 33
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · Panel 56W, Line 35
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 2
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL ALLISONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
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.