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GENE EDWARD FECTEAU
Private · U.S. Army
October 22, 1949 – July 11, 1968
Service recordGene Edward Fecteau, of Wallingford, Connecticut, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 14
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Wallingford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 14
- DAVID LEE BINGAMONSpecialist Four · July 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL BLAIRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1968
- DAVID SAMUEL COOKPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- EDWIN ZEKE FLOYDPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52W, Line 15
- KENNETH DANIEL ARMSTRONGCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 16
From Wallingford
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- RENALD LUDGER GAGNEPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.