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RUSSELL JAY FAUSER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1948 – February 15, 1968
Service recordRussell Jay Fauser JR, of Long Beach, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Beach, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; nine of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ninh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 46
- DONALD LEE DYRESONLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- MARION FRANKLIN FERGUSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- VERNON HARVIC LACKEYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
From Long Beach
- ARMAND ROY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- EDWARD BRUNOLance Corporal · August 7, 1969
- DONALD FREDERICK ROBINSONSergeant · August 10, 1969
- GEORGE HENRY PACIOAirman First Class · December 21, 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.