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JOHN ALBERT FONTAINE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1945 – April 24, 1966
Service recordJohn Albert Fontaine, of Methuen, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 131
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Methuen, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 131
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 130
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 131
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- ALLEN BRACKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 132
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 133
From Methuen
- RICHARD EDWARD POTTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.