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FRANCIS JAMES FENELEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 30, 1930 – May 11, 1966
Service recordFrancis James Feneley, of Curtis, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 11, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 333 TFG SQ
- Born
- January 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Curtis, Michigan (Mackinac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 48
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT HAUSSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
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.