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JAMES ELLIS FARO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1946 – September 7, 1968
Service recordJames Ellis Faro, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 61
- GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAKSpecialist Four · September 7, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- JOSEPH SCHMIDTCorporal · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER DEHAASPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 60
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.