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MARK WILLIAM FENNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordMark William Fenner, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 94
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 94
- BENJAMIN RUBEN MONTANOSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- CARL DEYNEKAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · May 24, 1969
- JOHN ALOYSIUS GILLENSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 94
- DAVID ALLEN HARGENSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 95
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 97
- STANLEY TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 99
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.