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REX FILLMORE CHURCH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1943 – March 23, 1969
Service recordRex Fillmore Church, of Mcarthur, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Mcarthur, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 17
- NORMAN ELMER BECKPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS BERRYSpecialist Five · March 23, 1969
- STEVE EUGENE BYARSLance Corporal · March 23, 1969
- EDDIE LEE EVENSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
From Mcarthur
- ROY RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · February 21, 1968
- JOHN EVERETTE PERRYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JOHN MASON GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- LAURIE EUGENE BARNESFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- LESLIE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD F PEACOCKSergeant · June 3, 1970
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.