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JOHN FREDERICK FLEMING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1945 – April 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Frederick Fleming, of Grants Pass, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Grants Pass, Oregon (Josephine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 114
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- FRANCIS THOMAS DILLONSeaman · April 29, 1967
- JOSEPH GRADELCorporal · April 29, 1967
- JACK KURIPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 113
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 115
From Grants Pass
- GROVER KONARD OLSONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROBERT LEE VESTSergeant · November 5, 1966
- STEPHEN LOUIS HOCKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- CECIL LEE JONESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE THOMPSONCorporal · April 20, 1968
- GREGORY JOE STAPLESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JRSergeant · May 22, 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.