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WALLATE FRED THIBODEAU
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1943 – July 19, 1969
Service recordWallate Fred Thibodeau, of Kingston, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 23
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Kingston, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE ROY SEEKAMPPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- ROY DEAN SIKKINKLieutenant (junior grade) · July 19, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVIS STEELEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- WAYLAND DAN STEMBRIDGESergeant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL BELONGERPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 17
From Kingston
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- CHESTER JOSEPH JOYCorporal · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES PEDAFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH DART JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
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.