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DAVID LEE FENNESSEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1945 – May 20, 1967
Service recordDavid Lee Fennessey, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 56
- GERALD LEON AYLORPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FREDERICK ANDREW BUZAFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN COOLEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- MARIO ONTIVERO DELEONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD CHARLES HAGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 60
- DAVID JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 61
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.