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RUSSELL RICKLAND FYAN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1932 – April 26, 1968
Service recordRussell Rickland Fyan, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 24, 1932
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 18
- BILLY REX FOSTERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- STEVE ALDMAN HARDINGStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID LEWIS HARTYLance Corporal · April 26, 1968
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 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.