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CHARLES FREDERICK FENTER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 1, 1953 – December 21, 1972
Service recordCharles Frederick Fenter, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1972, in Laos, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapons Maintenance Technician (46270)
- Born
- October 1, 1953
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 99
- CHARLES JAMES BEBUSMaster Sergeant · December 21, 1972
- JAMES RAY FULLERChief Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
- FRANK ALTON GOULDColonel · December 21, 1972
- ROBERT STEWART GRAUSTEINLieutenant Commander · December 21, 1972
- THOMAS TRAMMELL HART IIILieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1972
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.