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RUFUS PERRY FALKNER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1929 – October 26, 1971
Service recordRufus Perry Falkner JR, of Duluth, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 51
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Duluth, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1971
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1971; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 51
- SANFORD IRA FINGERStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1971
- THOMAS FREDERICK GREENPrivate First Class · October 26, 1971
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · October 26, 1971
- MICHAEL LAUTZENHEISERSpecialist Five · October 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICKEY EUGENE EVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 50
- SANFORD IRA FINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- THOMAS FREDERICK GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 51
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 51
- MICHAEL LAUTZENHEISERSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 51
- LEONARD GIDEON MAQUILINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 52
- ROBERT ALLEN NICKOLSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 52
- JAMES CRAWFORD SKINNERFirst Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 52
- ALBERT RAYMOND TRUDEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 52
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.