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DAVID JOHN FALK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – April 20, 1970
Service recordDavid John Falk, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 27
- GERALD THOMAS BUTLERStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- GERALD DAN GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- GERALD LESTER HARTZELTechnical Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- MARLIN JAMES JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 20, 1970
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 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.