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DAVID ROSS FAULCONER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1947 – September 12, 1966
Service recordDavid Ross Faulconer, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 88
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- CHARLES RAYMOND CROSLEYLance Corporal · September 12, 1966
- DAVID PAUL KUHNSWarrant Officer 1 · September 12, 1966
- DANNY L NAILLONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD MARCOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
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.