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JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1935 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJimmie Alvin Fancher, of Seagoville, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 11
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Seagoville, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 11
- MICHAEL JOHN KUSTIGIANChief Petty Officer · May 5, 1968
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW MARTINEZSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ALLISON ALLSOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- WAYNE JOSEPH BEDWELLPrivate · Panel 56E, Line 1
- CLETUH HOLLOMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 8
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Seagoville
- CALVIN DANIEL HOWISONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JERRY LEROY RISINGERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
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.