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JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1952 – July 20, 1971
Service recordJohn Lawrence Fetherolf, of Circleville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 11, 1952
- Home of record
- Circleville, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 111
- ALTON JOHN HEBERTSergeant First Class · July 19, 1971
- NORMAN MAXIESpecialist Four · July 19, 1971
- ALBERT EUGENE PETERSON JRMajor · July 19, 1971
- GERRY DON COULTSpecialist Four · July 22, 1971
From Circleville
- WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JRCaptain · July 27, 1965
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- PAUL JEWELL HILLWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 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.