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JOEL DAVID FENDLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – August 9, 1967
Service recordJoel David Fendley, of Richmond, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Texas (Fort Bend County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 94
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · August 9, 1967
- HONORIO MORAN FIDEL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- GERALD LEE HOPPERSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 93
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 95
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- ROBERT JAMES MAXWELLSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 96
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 97
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 97
From Richmond
- RICHARD MENDOZA CORRALESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- RUDY MORALES BECERRAStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
- HERMAN ALLEN CLAY JRCorporal · April 9, 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.