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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Charles Fenceroy.

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WILLIAM CHARLES FENCEROY

Private · U.S. Army

January 12, 1944 – February 25, 1967

Service record

William Charles Fenceroy, of Collinston, Louisiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15E · Line 90

Position of Panel 15E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private (PVT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Supply Handler (56A)
Born
January 12, 1944
Home of record
Collinston, Louisiana

Casualty

Date of death
February 25, 1967
Age
23
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 15E, Line 90

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.