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JOHN STEPHEN FAKO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1950 – October 15, 1970
Service recordJohn Stephen Fako, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 3
- ERNEST DANIEL CARDWELLLance Corporal · October 16, 1970
- DOMINIC JOHN DEANGELISSpecialist Four · October 16, 1970
- WILFREDO GAVILAN-TORRESCorporal · October 16, 1970
- STEPHEN EDWARD JESKOSergeant · October 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN JAY SMITHCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 2
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.