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WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordWilliam Charles Fenton JR, of Wallingford, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 45
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Wallingford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 45
- JERRY DISHMANPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE FIELDSCaptain · March 26, 1969
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · March 26, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND GENTILEStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
From Wallingford
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · July 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- RENALD LUDGER GAGNEPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
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.