Rank: Sergeant
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 4-Sep-1946
Hometown: Whittier, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 20-Oct-1965
Start of tour: 19-Aug-1967
Incident date: 9-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 9-Jul-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Frederick Reed Will died from wound received while commander of military vehicle on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight. / (Individual transported to 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh.)
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Memory Garden Memorial Park, Brea, California, USA
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