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PETER JOSEPH FREDERICK
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 30, 1924 – March 15, 1967
Service recordPeter Joseph Frederick, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 15, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 84
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 355 TFW
- Born
- August 30, 1924
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 15, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 84
- SAMUEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- STEVIE RAY GIBSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 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.