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DAVID ACEL FAIRCHILD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1945 – February 2, 1966
Service recordDavid Acel Fairchild, of Buhl, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 133
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Buhl, Idaho (Twin Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 133
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL ONEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
From Buhl
- TOMMY L KEARSLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 4, 1970
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.