Rank: Specialist
Unit: N Trp, 4th Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Fort Lewis, Washington
MOS: 19C1O – Bradley Fighting Vehicle Crewman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Badges: Combat Action Badge
Deployments: Iraq
Date of birth: 22 June 1986
Hometown: Saint Joseph, Missouri
High School: Benton High School
Campaign: Peacetime
Died: 26 July 2005
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Self-inflicted, shotgun wound to the head.
Location of fatality: Tacoma, Washington
Place of interment: Mount Auburn Cemetery in Saint Joseph, Missouri
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Note: SPC Frederick was wounded while serving 15 months in Iraq.