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PETER FRANCIS FONDA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1945 – June 18, 1968
Service recordPeter Francis Fonda, of Saratoga Springs, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Saratoga Springs, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 18
- RAMON PENA CANCELPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- FERGUS JOSEPH CARROLLCorporal · June 18, 1968
- ALVIN PETER CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- SIDNEY MCLEAN CONOLLY JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL LONGOCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 24
- EDDIE LEE MAULDINCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 25
From Saratoga Springs
- DENTON WINSLOW CROCKER JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- RICHARD D WHALENSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- JAMES STANLEY CLOSSONAirman First Class · January 12, 1969
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.