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HENRY FLOYD FAIRCLOTH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – March 27, 1969
Service recordHenry Floyd Faircloth, of Lyons, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 58
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Lyons, Georgia (Toombs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 58
- LEE ROY COMBSPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- BARD ELTON DAVENPORTWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- LOUIS KRIMMIT DIXONSergeant · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 57
- WILLIAM BRENT BELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 57
- BARD ELTON DAVENPORTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 58
- ALLAN G HARPERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 60
- WILLIAM DON POTTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 63
- SAMUEL ALBERT ROBERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 63
- JOHN BUSSEY WALLERSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 64
From Lyons
- JOSEPH BARRY JONESCaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOE HENRY ELLISSpecialist Four · January 9, 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.