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WILLIAM ERVIN FENNELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ervin Fennell, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 18
- DICK DALE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- LOWELL RAY HANSONPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERSHEL JOE BULLOCK SRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 15
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.