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DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordDennis Melvin Fairchild, of Akron, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Akron, Indiana (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 7
- EDWARD FREDERICK GRANDPRECorporal · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK WILLIAM GRESCHStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1969
- GARY LEE HEEMANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- JOSEPH EMANUAL HURNEYSergeant · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE RAMON CANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 4
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 5
- HAROLD THOMAS DABNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 6
From Akron
- ROGER D MANNSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- JAMES KEITH AMEIGHWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1969
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.