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DON FAUROT DIAN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1930 – April 23, 1968
Service recordDon Faurot Dian, of Hannibal, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Hannibal, Missouri (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 38
- THOMAS JAMES DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- AMOS OLIVER FOXMajor · April 23, 1968
- WILLIAM MEDFORD PANGLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 35
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 36
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51E, Line 37
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 40
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 41
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · Panel 51E, Line 42
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 43
From Hannibal
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · December 8, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL MOYERSPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- DAREN LEE KOENIGSergeant · April 6, 1969
- THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITHSergeant · April 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 1970
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.