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JOHN JOSEPH FOGARTY III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1950 – January 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Fogarty III, of Bluffs, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 75
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- April 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Bluffs, Indiana (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 75
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEFERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JERALD GLENN DEWVEALLFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1969
- ROBERTO DOMINGUEZSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- RALPH LEWIS GLOVERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
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.