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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Eugene Fabrisi.

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PAUL EUGENE FABRISI

Corporal · U.S. Army

February 21, 1947 – July 28, 1969

Service record

Paul Eugene Fabrisi, of Naugatuck, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 64

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
February 21, 1947
Home of record
Naugatuck, Connecticut (New Haven County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 28, 1969
Age
22
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 64

Same unit, same day

From Naugatuck

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.