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MICHAEL FRANCIS FANNING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordMichael Francis Fanning, of West Boylston, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- West Boylston, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 15
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- BOYCE LOWRANCE DUNCAN JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GARY BERYL DUNCANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 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.