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FREDRICK BEN KING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1949 – November 25, 1968
Service recordFredrick Ben King, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 58
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 58
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- KURT CHRISTOPHER HUSSMANNLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KINGSergeant · November 25, 1968
- DONALD GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT ALLEN ELLISONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 54
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 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.