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JOEL EDWARD FALLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – August 22, 1967
Service recordJoel Edward Faller, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 28
- ALBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- EDWARD EARL DAVIESLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- RANDALL ROGER FREEBERGLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD GILLIAMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- CHARLES JOHN HOBAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 29
- CHRISTOPHER ALLAN LESKYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 30
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
- BILLY WAYNE PLATTSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
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.