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JOHN WILLIAM FOX
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 5, 1946 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJohn William Fox, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 49
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE DILLONCorporal · April 3, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM DOWNINGSergeant · April 3, 1968
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · April 3, 1968
- ROBERT GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 45
- CANDIDO CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · Panel 47E, Line 46
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 52
- ROGER ALLAN QUINNMajor · Panel 47E, Line 53
From Conshohocken
- LAWRENCE RICHARD MOYERMajor · August 31, 1967
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MURPHYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
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.