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PATRICK DENNIS FAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1949 – September 10, 1968
Service recordPatrick Dennis Fay, of Cypress, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Cypress, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 16
- MICHAEL J ROWCROFTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- REX ALLEN DAVISCorporal · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH DRIVEREPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GASTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 15
- ALAN JAMES MEISHEIDPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 18
From Cypress
- JACK DENNIS HANGERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHARLES CURTIS CLENDENENSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
- PETER QUIRINUS BOETS JRCorporal · May 13, 1967
- DAVID MARLOW TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- JACKIE ANDREW CARRANOSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- NORBERT OTTO WERNERSergeant · October 31, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP COOKCorporal · February 18, 1969
- CLIFFORD LEE SWISHERPrivate First Class · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT W ROSSSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.