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FENNELL TATE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1940 – January 8, 1967
Service recordFennell Tate, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 129
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 129
- NATHAN C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN ABRAMSLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND ARTHURSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- ROBERT W BARTON JRPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.