Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 20-Apr-1948
Hometown: Rockford, Illinois
Marital status: Married to Sally A. Fanis
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 20-Mar-1967
Start of tour: 19-Aug-1967
Incident date: 8-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 8-Dec-1967
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
George Nicholas Fanis Jr died as the result of brain stem decompensation due to wound received while gunner on military vehicle which hit an anti-tank mine during combat operation.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC George Nicholas Fanis Jr
PFC Charles Lee Hauschildt
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois, USA
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