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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Sazin Dale Fabacher.

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SAZIN DALE FABACHER

Corporal · U.S. Army

October 14, 1949 – December 20, 1970

Service record

Sazin Dale Fabacher, of Copperas Cove, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 134

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
October 14, 1949
Home of record
Copperas Cove, Texas (Coryell County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 20, 1970
Age
21
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 134

Same unit, same day

From Copperas Cove

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.