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RICHARD WILLIAM FALK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordRichard William Falk, of Walnutport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 61
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Walnutport, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 61
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD P CAPUTOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- JAMES JUNIOR DEWSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- ROSCOE GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
From Walnutport
- LARRY MARK HORNERSergeant · July 9, 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.