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RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1950 – August 29, 1968
Service recordRichard Dwayne Faircloth, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 58
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 58
- MARSHALL EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- LYNDAL RAY CALLIHANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN EVANS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES FAULKSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN JOSEPH FOLEYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
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.