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PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordPaul Lowell Frederickson, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 21
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- VIRGIL JAMES FOWLERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOY TRINT FRENCHPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
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.