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EARL WILLIAM FERNANDEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1943 – September 5, 1967
Service recordEarl William Fernandez, of Westminster, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 112
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Westminster, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 112
- MERLE DEANE TURNERLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1967
- ERIC MICHAEL WARDWELLLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
From Westminster
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · December 9, 1965
- STEPHEN CALEB FORRESTPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DENNIS LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- GALE EDWARD GOTTIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- HENRY MUCHA JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN LESTER KITZMILLERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · February 28, 1968
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · February 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL GOLDENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
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.