GREEN BERETS Fannin, Clayton Allen

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Fannin ​

• FORENAME

Clayton Allen ​

• UNIT

23 Special Warfare Aviation Det,MACV (Special Forces) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-87106 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th January 1963 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 35 Site 2310 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Bakersfield,California​

born 4.10.1937 ern,California​

son of Jess William and Mary Ellen (nee Allen) Fannin,3900 Sandra Drive,Bakersfield,California​

husband of Rosalyn (nee Foster) Fannin,410 South 58th Street,Tacoma,Washington (1941-2016) (1 daughter Rosemary Anne)​

attended Horace Mann Junior High School​

attended Washington Junior High School​

graduated East Bakersfield High School 1955​

graduated USMA,West Point 1959​

flight school,Fort Rucker​

Ranger School​

flight school,Fort Rucker (OV-1 Mohawk training)​

4 Aviation Company,Fort Lewis​

23 Aviation Company 1962-63​

award Air Medal​

promoted Captain posthumously​

pilot​

OV-1C Mohawk (61-2704)​

KIA Pleiku Province,South Vietnam​

2Lt Nguyen Ngoc Suu,ARVN (observer) also KIA​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 16 ​

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