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HAROLD EVERETT FETNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordHarold Everett Fetner, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 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
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 269 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 58
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- REGINALD FLACKPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARDO JOSE GONZALESLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 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.