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CHRIS FRANK FABRIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1943 – July 25, 1966
Service recordChris Frank Fabris, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- August 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 74
- JOSE DEJESUS FLORESPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- MICKEY RAY GRABLECorporal · July 25, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.