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MELVIN B FENN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordMelvin B Fenn, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 18
- JERE DOUGLAS FARNOWSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY FISCHIOPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- KENDALL THOMAS FORTNEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 15
- CLINTON R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 16
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 19
- DAVID JOHN LATRAILLESpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 24
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 29
- PHILLIP WAYNE PIGFORDSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 30
- GREGORY RANDALL SHAMBAUGHCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 34
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 35
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.