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RUSSELL THOMAS FANT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – February 3, 1969
Service recordRussell Thomas Fant, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 48
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 48
- GORDON DWIGHT GARDNERSergeant · February 3, 1969
- GARY LEE GLEARSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES GULLAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE GLEARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 48
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 50
- JON SIDNEY RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 51
- ERNEST ALLAN SPONGSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 52
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 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.