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HUGH MICHAEL FANNING
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1941 – October 31, 1967
Service recordHugh Michael Fanning, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on October 31, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma (Aw) (I), Frs Basic A-6 (7511)
- Born
- July 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 31, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 103
- RALPH JOSEPH DIPACESpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- JERRY DON EVERETTPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- EARNEST RICHARD HINSLEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- GREGORY GEORGE HUBBARDCorporal · October 31, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.