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DONALD OLIVER FONZI
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 16, 1922 – October 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Oliver Fonzi, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 9, 1969, in Thailand, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 16, 1922
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 47
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 67
- MARK RICHARD ROSEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- WILLIAM SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- HARRY WINFIELD SMITHMajor · November 12, 1969
- R C EARL SWEETENSergeant First Class · November 12, 1969
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.