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AOULIULITAU FAITUPE TAUFI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1946 – August 21, 1969
Service recordAouliulitau Faitupe Taufi, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 90
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 90
- WILLARD D RICHARDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1969
- JOE CARL SHAWCaptain · August 21, 1969
- ADOLPHUS NORWOOD TYLERFirst Sergeant · August 21, 1969
- RAY MILTON BARKERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
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.