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JOHN CHARLES FAIDLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Charles Faidley, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 86
- SIDNEY WADE FLEMINGLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- SAMMIE HOWELLCorporal · January 27, 1967
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 84
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 85
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 87
- FRANK MOSS RHODESCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 88
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.