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SISIFO FALEAFINE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1942 – January 10, 1968
Service recordSisifo Faleafine, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 17
- RICHARD DANIEL DEVINE JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · January 10, 1968
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- DAVID HARPER HERSHBERGERSergeant · January 10, 1968
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.