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HAROLD JOHN FALDERMEYER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – May 11, 1972
Service recordHarold John Faldermeyer, of Rockland, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 23
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockland, New York (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1972; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 23
- BARRY COLEY TOMLINCaptain · May 10, 1972
- BARRY KENNETH ALLMONDCaptain · May 11, 1972
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BLASSIEFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1972
- JOHN HERBERT HASELTONFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1972
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.