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EDWARD CHARLES FANNING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – June 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Charles Fanning, of Hazlet, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Hazlet, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 51
- REX DEWEY MORELOCK JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- JEFF HAROLD UPPSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 1969
- VALERIANO DAVID CONTRERASSergeant · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 55
From Hazlet
- GLEN DOUGLAS BATESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- DENNIS ROCCO CAMASpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- DONALD CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · June 13, 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.