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ISSAC DAVID FAUGHN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – December 7, 1969
Service recordIssac David Faughn, of Bossier City, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Bossier City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 35
- ROBERT EUGENE DEVINNEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 7, 1969
- DANIEL ROSS FANKBONERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- CHARLES EUGENE FULKSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE GEDEONSergeant · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL EUGENE GEDEONSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 35
- VINCENT JOSEPH HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 36
From Bossier City
- WALLACE LEE OGEASergeant · November 20, 1967
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 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.