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DAVID ANDREW FIALKO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1949 – November 14, 1968
Service recordDavid Andrew Fialko JR, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 65
- ALAN CHARLES DONNELLYLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM HILRIC FABIANCaptain · November 14, 1968
- JOHN EARL FLETCHERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 1968
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
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.