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ROBERT MATHEW FEGAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1930 – June 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Mathew Fegan, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 76
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
- Brass Group Leader (02P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 76
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS GOSHORNSecond Lieutenant · June 18, 1969
- HARRY DALE GOWINPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMSergeant · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER VINCENT BLAZONISPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 72
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.