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MICHAEL LEE FAULKNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – May 8, 1966
Service recordMichael Lee Faulkner, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 40
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ARTHUR LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MATTHEW JOHN DAVERNSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 39
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 40
- ARTHUR LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 40
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.