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WILLIAM FERNAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 4, 1942 – August 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Fernan, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 41
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long 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 50W, Line 41
- HARRY MATHIAS BECKERSergeant · August 1, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- DONALD LE ROY CARLSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EPPERSONSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · Panel 50W, Line 42
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 44
- PETER JOHN RUSSELLCaptain · Panel 50W, Line 45
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.