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RUSSELL CARRELL FORDHAM
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1933 – September 4, 1969
Service recordRussell Carrell Fordham, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 32
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1933
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 32
- GEORGE HOWARD DANIELS IISpecialist Five · September 4, 1969
- EARMON RAY DERRINGTONCorporal · September 4, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS FRALICKSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 34
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.