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FREDRICK H HEMPHILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – January 14, 1968
Service recordFredrick H Hemphill, of Red Wing, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Red Wing, Minnesota (Goodhue County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 49
- STANLEY HENRY HORNEColonel · August 27, 1967
- HARRY GAINES HODGESConstructionman · January 14, 1968
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- PATRICK CLINTON MORTUSSergeant · January 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NOLAN DONALD HABERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 48
- HARLAN T PACHEPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 50
- ANTHONY SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 50
From Red Wing
- THOMAS EDWARD REITMANNMajor · December 1, 1965
- CHARLES LEE HAUSCHILDTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN LALLYPrivate First Class · May 8, 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.