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JOHN ANTHONY FEDELE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – December 12, 1969
Service recordJohn Anthony Fedele, of Covington, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Covington, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 50
- BRUCE RONALD FRANZSergeant · December 12, 1969
- ARTHUR TERRY GALLAGHERCorporal · December 12, 1969
- CHARLES PERRY HOOD JRCaptain · December 12, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN HUGHESCorporal · December 12, 1969
From Covington
- THOMAS EDWARD HAGGARDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- RODIS JOHN WARRENSergeant First Class · April 20, 1967
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · May 20, 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.