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FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – December 30, 1969
Service recordFredrick Andrew Hassler, of Crossville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 110
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Crossville, Tennessee (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 110
- DOUGLAS DAVID FERGUSONCaptain · December 30, 1969
- JAMES HUGH FRYPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- ELLIS SANFORD MARLINPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY MOORESergeant · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 111
- WILLIAM OREL VAUGHNCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 112
From Crossville
- MOSES CLARK TABORStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAM HOLMESSergeant · July 19, 1966
- JACK LENN SUTTONLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- LYNN CAROL HAYESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- NELSON PAGE HENRYFirst Sergeant · October 28, 1967
- BERYL STANLEY BLAYLOCKStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1968
- JERRY BAXTER EDMONDS JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 31, 1970
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.