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FREDRICK MARLTON BINDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 3, 1946 – June 27, 1966
Service recordFredrick Marlton Binder, of Kent, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 161 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “161 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 99
- HARRY TRACY RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- DOUGLAS ROYSTERLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE LEE GOFORTHPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 100
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 100
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
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.