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PHILIPPE B FALES
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 6, 1933 – November 16, 1969
Service recordPhilippe B Fales, of Carmel, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 83
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 6, 1933
- Home of record
- Carmel, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 83
- FRANCIS ZAVACKICaptain · November 15, 1969
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- MARVIN RICHARD BERHOWEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN BILESSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
From Carmel
- CHARLES F DEAMARAL JRMajor · October 4, 1965
- KLAUS WARRELMANNSergeant · November 1, 1966
- LARRY JOSEPH LARSONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- FRANK GEORGE ANTONESeaman · December 23, 1967
- MARK MACDONALD SERREMFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
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.