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WILLIAM HENRY FELLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1950 – March 22, 1971
Service recordWilliam Henry Fells, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 65
- REGINALD JOE ABERNETHYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER ZENO CZARNOTAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- KARL WALTER DRUZINSKICorporal · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD JOE ABERNETHYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 65
- KARL WALTER DRUZINSKICorporal · Panel 4W, Line 65
- WILLIAM STUART GLENNPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 66
- DAVID ROY HAYWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- JOHN WILSON MCLEMORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 68
- ROGER WILLIAM STAHLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 68
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.