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JAMES RAY FEDRO SR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordJames Ray Fedro SR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 31
- BARRY LYNN FRAZIERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- LESLIE NEIL GENERALCorporal · May 1, 1968
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 34
- PAUL MARION NANCE JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 38
- JOHN RUNYON NEARY IIPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 39
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.