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TROY DAVID FAULKNER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 9, 1946 – April 23, 1969
Service recordTroy David Faulkner, of Weatherford, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 32
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Single-Engine Airplane Maintenance Chief (67E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Weatherford, Texas (Parker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 32
- WILLIAM ELLIS BROWNINGPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- MELVIN JOHN FREISEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- OLLIE JAMES GROSSPetty Officer First Class · April 23, 1969
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER MARTIN AULD JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 29
- DONALD ORIN MCGRAWSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 31
- ARNOLD SANFORDCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 36
From Weatherford
- RICHARD LAWRENCE MORENOSergeant · November 23, 1967
- OMMIE TRUMAN COX JRMajor · December 16, 1967
- LEO CLARK OATMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1971
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.