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THOMAS F FANNING JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1945 – July 13, 1969
Service recordThomas F Fanning JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 111
- ROBERT HOWARD BURGESSPetty Officer First Class · July 13, 1969
- RONALD DAVID CHALOUSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM COLECorporal · July 13, 1969
- THOMAS LESTER DUKESSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.