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WALTER HENRY FENNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – September 18, 1968
Service recordWalter Henry Fennell, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 27
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · September 18, 1968
- JOE ANGEL GALVEZPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- PEDRO GALLARDO GARCIAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HUGH ALLENSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 24
- ISAAC TAGGARTSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.