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JOHN LIONEL FIELDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1941 – August 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Lionel Fielder, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 30
- GREGORY DELGUIDICESpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- JOHN ALOYSIUS DOWDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES DURHAMLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JERRY LEE FORDHAMSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 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.