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JOHN CHARLES FIFFE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1950 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Fiffe, of Albany, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 2
- DAVID STEARNS EASTONSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- ELLIS LOVINE FAIRCLOTHSpecialist Five · May 8, 1968
- DAVID FOSTER FLETCHERLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- NORMAND EDWARD FONTAINESpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.