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GEORGE NICHOLAS FANIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – December 8, 1967
Service recordGeorge Nicholas Fanis JR, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 64
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEYCaptain · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE HAUSCHILDTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 65
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.