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WILLIAM AVENER FAUGHT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1950 – July 25, 1970
Service recordWilliam Avener Faught JR, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 51
- TIMOTHY MARTIN GREELEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- PAUL ANTHONY GREGORYLieutenant · July 25, 1970
- HAROLD MORRIS HARDINSergeant · July 25, 1970
- EDWARD DEWEY JOHNSONMaster Sergeant · July 25, 1970
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.