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RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1944 – December 5, 1965
Service recordRichard Michael Facondini, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 126
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
- June 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 126
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- GEORGE JOE BU EISENBERGERSergeant · December 5, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS VERNON ANDREPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- FREDERICK FRANK CADILLESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 125
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- GEORGE JOE BU EISENBERGERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- JAMES GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JORGE M JARAMILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- LEONARD ALEXANDER JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 128
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · Panel 3E, Line 128
- RAYMOND EARL KELLEMSSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 129
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 129
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
- JAMES ESKEL LOFGRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 130
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.