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FIAPAI FANUA JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1943 – December 8, 1968
Service recordFiapai Fanua JR, of Wilmington, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 63
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 63
- ROBERT PRESTON ENGLISHCorporal · December 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE ESTESSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- PAUL QUAMMEN ETTERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- EDDIE DALE FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · 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.