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DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – December 26, 1967
Service recordDaniel Clyde Faulks JR, of Eureka, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 62
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- JOSEPH THAXTER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 26, 1967
- TOMMY LEON DANIELSLance Corporal · December 26, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN ELLISPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RAYMOND HAEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- LARRY LEE ORCUTTSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 64
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 65
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.