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WILLIAM PAUL FAHEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1947 – February 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam Paul Fahey, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 115
- CURTIS EUGENE CRAWFORDCorporal · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN DEWANEPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RUSSELL W DICKENSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 19, 1968
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.