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FREDRICK PAUL GILLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1949 – August 12, 1969
Service recordFredrick Paul Gillen, of Clairton, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Clairton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 13
- THOMAS WILLIAM CARRINGTONSergeant · August 12, 1969
- CHARLES JOSEPH GARITY JRLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES FLORIAN GASEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE DAY GREEFFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ABRAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 7
- LEONARD LOUIS ALVARADOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 7
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 7
- BRUCE MICHAEL BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- BOBBY LEE BEVARDSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- JAMES ANTHONY CABRAL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 10
- MARTIN DEAN CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 10
- LARRY D GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 10
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 12
- THOMAS WILLIAM CARRINGTONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 13
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 14
- RICHARD LEE HARDESTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 15
- JEREMIAH MICHAEL HAYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GARY LEE HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 16
- KENNEY EARL LASSITERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JAMES LINDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JOHN MORRISON MAHONEYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- FRANCIS MCDOWALL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 18
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 18
- GEORGE RICHARD PLATTERSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 20
- LEE ROY SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 22
- RONALD LEE SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 23
- GARRY GREGORY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
From Clairton
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 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.