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GUY TALMADGE FLETCHER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – April 11, 1969
Service recordGuy Talmadge Fletcher JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 55
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 55
- RICHARD DAVID AUSBROOKSPrivate · April 11, 1969
- ROBERT M CHRISTIAN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- EDWARD VALENTINE EIDEN JRSergeant · April 11, 1969
- NEIL PHILIP FARMERSergeant First Class · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN BANNON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 54
- MICHAEL ERNEST MATTASpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 57
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.