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JAMES THOMAS FERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Fernandez, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 91
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 91
- VERNON WAYNE EASTCorporal · February 28, 1969
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · February 28, 1969
- RUSSELL DAVID FLANAGANPetty Officer Third Class · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH FRANKOWIAKSergeant · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH FRANKOWIAKSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 91
- GARY LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 93
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 94
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.