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RICHARD HENRY FANNING
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 9, 1950 – April 26, 1971
Service recordRichard Henry Fanning, of Ft Jackson, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 13
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Jackson, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 13
- DENNIS MARTIN CRAVERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1971
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 1971
- FRANCIS JOSEPH MCCANN JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLYNCorporal · April 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MARTIN CRAVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 13
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 13
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLYNCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 13
From Ft Jackson
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · January 31, 1966
- JOHN K DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1967
- HARRY LEE BOLESSergeant · October 3, 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.