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JIMMY LEE FOMBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1951 – December 8, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee Fomby, of Orange, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 38
- JOHN ALBERT HANCOCKCorporal · December 8, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD HARDEEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- RANDALL BRUCE MILLERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 38
- GARY HENTON MITCHELLPrivate · Panel 15W, Line 39
- GERALD RAYDINE ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 40
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 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.