Rank: Private
Unit: 42d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2d Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe / African / Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Enlisted: 25 January 1943 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of birth: 9 January 1907
Hometown: Virginia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Plasterer
High School: 1 year of high school
Married: Yes
Campaign: WWII
Died: 27 August 1944
Age at death: 37
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Couteranges, France
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Place of interment: Montlawn Memorial Park in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Note: Fred was killed in action when he tried to stop a German armored vehicle on 15th panzer grenadier with his Tommy gun.