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JAMES WILLIARD FENTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1946 – August 29, 1970
Service recordJames Williard Fenton, of Prescott, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Prescott, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 21
- WILLIAM DARWIN BLENKINSOPCorporal · August 29, 1970
- DAVE SCOTT CARRUTH JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH COURTNEYLance Corporal · August 29, 1970
- DONALD BRICE GREENESergeant · August 29, 1970
From Prescott
- ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCASSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · March 11, 1967
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT MARTINSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
- FORTINO JAMES APOLINARPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1968
- HENRY DUANE BANKSCaptain · July 14, 1968
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
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.