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JAMES THOMAS FAULKNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1942 – October 11, 1965
Service recordJames Thomas Faulkner, of New Bern, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1942
- Home of record
- New Bern, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 118
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- EDWARD A MALEWICZ JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
From New Bern
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- CLARENCE LEE SEXTONMaster Sergeant · July 30, 1966
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
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.