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MICHAEL NOEL FAHERTY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – July 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Noel Faherty, of Marlboro, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Marlboro, Massachusetts
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Added to the Wall
- 2014
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 37
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
- JOHN BERTRAM BECKERCorporal · August 27, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
From Marlboro
- RICHARD WILFRED DEMERSLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- GEORGE MARTIN HANLONMaster Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL MINEHANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2014, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.