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EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1950 – November 14, 1969
Service recordEverson Benjamin Faison, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 73
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 73
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · November 14, 1969
- GERALD RANDAL DASEN IIISpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- RONALD GENE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- KENNETH GLENN ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 73
- RONALD GENE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 73
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 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.