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XAVIER FERNANDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1946 – December 1, 1966
Service recordXavier Fernandez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 132
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- FORREST PITTMAN DICKEYSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK GALVINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 131
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 1
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · Panel 13E, Line 2
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.