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WILLIE JAMES FAULKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1948 – August 29, 1968
Service recordWillie James Faulks, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 58
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 58
- MARSHALL EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- LYNDAL RAY CALLIHANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN EVANS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN JOSEPH FOLEYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.