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GENE PAUL FUSSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – October 6, 1969
Service recordGene Paul Fussey, of Alpena, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Alpena, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 45
- ISAAC JOSEPH CORBETTStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- WENDELL PAUL CURRYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE HAYESMajor · October 6, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TROY DEAN WILHITESergeant · Panel 17W, Line 46
From Alpena
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
- PHILIP BLAINE EMERSONLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 1970
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.