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RICHARD EUGENE FAY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1931 – July 19, 1970
Service recordRichard Eugene Fay, of Covington, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Covington, Pennsylvania (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 31
- LEWIS EDGAR CASNER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM DODDFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- DANIEL BOONE FELLSpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- ARTHUR POWELL GRAY IVFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
From Covington
- ASA THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 24, 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.