FRED SMITH (1944-2025)

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Born in Mississippi. Graduated from Yale University. United States Marine Corps. Two tours in Vietnam as a rifle platoon officer and forward air controller.
Silver Star, Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts.

At age 26 founded FedEx in April. 1973 at Memphis. On the first day FedEx delivered 186 packages; two years ago FedEx delivered 16.5 million packages daily.

 

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REST IN PEACE MARINE...SEMPER FI !

Fred Smith, FedEx founder and Marine Corps veteran, dies at 80

Before launching FedEx, Smith served two tours in Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and earned the Silver Star for combat valor.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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My cousins husband was one of his first hires. Huge respect for Fred.