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MARTIN VINCENT FANNING
Captain · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – April 24, 1971
Service recordMartin Vincent Fanning, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 7
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · April 24, 1971
- RICHARD EUGENE COLBURNSergeant · April 24, 1971
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EUGENE COLBURNSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 7
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.