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DOUGLAS JAMES FENNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – January 3, 1967
Service recordDouglas James Fenney, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 113
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 113
- RONALD LOUIS ARRIGONISpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- FREDERICO PEREZSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- JOSEPH R REICHERTStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1967
- ERVIND CARL STRANDBERGSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.