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DAVID NELSON FOX
Captain · U.S. Army
September 2, 1945 – February 8, 1971
Service recordDavid Nelson Fox, of Dryden, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Dryden, New York (Tompkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B TRP 7 SQD 1 CAV 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 87
- LONALD RAY COLEMANSergeant · February 8, 1971
- THOMAS PATRICK DOODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1971
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- ROBERT BARRY GENTRYWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WAYNE MILEYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 88
- JOHN ERNEST ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 89
From Dryden
- CHARLES KAY PUDERBAUGHPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.