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THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1944 – August 5, 1968
Service recordThomas Kenneth Fahrenhorst, of Ferguson, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Ferguson, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 13
- ANIBAL FALCONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- CHARLES VERNON FIRTHPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- DAVID ARLIN GULBRANTSONFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
- MICHAEL NOEL HOBANSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE BAKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 11
- DAVID ARLIN GULBRANTSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49W, Line 13
From Ferguson
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS LIESECorporal · August 29, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS LAMBERT LUBBERSFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- JERRY ROY MARCOStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- EUGENE RICHARD GUDISWITZLance Corporal · June 18, 1970
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.