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WILLIAM HILRIC FABIAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 20, 1940 – November 14, 1968
Service recordWilliam Hilric Fabian, of Pullman, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 14, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Pullman, Washington (Whitman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 65
- ALAN CHARLES DONNELLYLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW FIALKO JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- JOHN EARL FLETCHERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 1968
From Pullman
- DAVID MICHAEL BRADLEYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE MARSHALL ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 3, 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.