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MICHAEL ARTHUR FONTAINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1950 – January 10, 1969
Service recordMichael Arthur Fontaine, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1950
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 68
- DANNY GILBERT SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- VINCENT VENUTI JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- NORMAN LEE VONAHRENSPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL THEODORE ALEXANDERCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 63
- JOE EDWARD GRAYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 65
- BERNARD GEORGE HITRO JRCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 65
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.