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ROBERT JOSEPH FAY
Commander · U.S. Navy
January 30, 1924 – October 28, 1965
Service recordRobert Joseph Fay, of Wollaston, Massachusetts, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 28, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 4
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- January 30, 1924
- Home of record
- Wollaston, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 4
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- WILLIE JAMES SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- RESTITUTO POBLETE ADENIRPetty Officer Third Class · October 29, 1965
- RONALD VICTOR BACCAPrivate · October 30, 1965
From Wollaston
- FRANCOIS JOSEPHINE BUILAERTSergeant · May 30, 1966
- JAMES ALEXANDER STARKSergeant · January 24, 1968
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.