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ALTON JIMMY FENNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1949 – January 8, 1968
Service recordAlton Jimmy Fennell, of Warner Robins, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Warner Robins, Georgia (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 84
- GEORGE WALTER ELLISColonel · January 8, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM FISCHERGunnery Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE FOXLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- ROGER CHRISTOPHER FOXWORTHPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
From Warner Robins
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- HAROLD TOMPKINSPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY GORDON CHANDLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- ALVIN MAYNARD SLATONCorporal · March 5, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID LEE WAGNERTechnical Sergeant · May 17, 1972
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.