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JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1949 – August 23, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ernest Falardeau, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Attleboro, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 41
- MIKE PATRICIO ESPINOZALance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- WALTER FERGUSON JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID FIXPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BARRY J BECANNENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THAL ANTHONY BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 38
- WALTER FERGUSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 41
- MICHAEL DAVID FIXPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 41
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- GILBERTO MENDEZ MOLINAPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 49
- GEORGE EDWARD PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 51
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · Panel 47W, Line 53
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 55
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
From Attleboro
- JOSEPH ELWIN NIMIROSKICorporal · December 18, 1965
- RICHARD CUNNINGHAM GLIDDENCaptain · February 13, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS FLYNNLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- FRANCIS MURTAUGH DRISCOLLFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- LAURENCE OLIVER WOODSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · October 5, 1969
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.