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LAMAR DONALD FREDERICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1943 – February 26, 1966
Service recordLamar Donald Frederick, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 80
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- DANIEL RAYMOND JAMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- RONALD C CAVINEEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 79
- IRVIN CLARKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 79
- CHARLIES E DANIELSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 80
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 82
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 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.