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THOMAS GARRET FANNING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1943 – May 6, 1967
Service recordThomas Garret Fanning, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 49
- VERLIN RICHARD BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE HILDERBRANDSergeant First Class · May 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY WAITS CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 48
- CURTIS EDWARD CHASEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 48
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.