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ARNOLD JOE FAULKNER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 28, 1944 – March 22, 1966
Service recordArnold Joe Faulkner, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 22, 1966, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 4 3 NC BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 38
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD J DEVINCENT JRCorporal · March 22, 1966
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- FRANK RYAN ESCHPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.