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RENE FERNANDEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – April 1, 1967
Service recordRene Fernandez, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 84
- EARNEST CAESAR BROWNStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- GARY LEE FAUCETTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 83
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 84
- GARY LEE FAUCETTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 84
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 85
- VICTOR EUGENE PRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 86
- ANGELO TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 89
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 89
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.