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ROBERT DON FAIRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – January 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Don Faires, of Cushing, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Cushing, Oklahoma (Payne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 38
- DWIGHT THOMAS DENNINGPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD DUNNLieutenant Commander · January 26, 1968
- PAUL DAVID EKARTPetty Officer Third Class · January 26, 1968
- GARY NEIL FOSTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD FRANKLIN COLES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 39
- HARRY SAMUEL FITEZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 39
- ROBERT ALFRED GATESPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 40
From Cushing
- JERRY MONROE MCWHORTERSergeant · March 22, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- ROBERT HARRIS BRUNSLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- DENNIS RAY MASONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · May 17, 1968
- DANNY GENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 28, 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.