More detail on this person: Dallas, Tim graduated flight training with Flight Class 68-13/68-21
and flew in Vietnam with D 227th AHB 1st Cav Div (1968-69), Call sign: Lobo 37.
Tim died peacefully in his room, among friends in Boulder, CO on November 30, 2014. He was
diagnosed with Leukemia in September of 2012 and wasn't expected to live beyond August of 2013.
Like all things in Tim's life, he defied the odds by living a full year beyond what was expected.
After being diagnosed as terminal, he traveled the U.S. extensively visiting friends and many
national parks while remaining reasonably healthy for 18 months. He maintained good spirits and
kept his quirky sense of humor to the very end. He frequently reminded those around him to live
life to the fullest. He often told others, "_we are all terminal, I just have the advantage of
knowing it".
Tim was born January 18, 1946 in Wichita, KS. After graduation from Southeast High School in '64 he
attended Wichita State University until entering the Army where he attended and graduated from
Warrant Officer Candidate School. He was immediately assigned to AH-1G transition training, and
then, as a newly rated Cobra pilot, he was deployed to Vietnam and assigned to D 227th AHB. Based
in Lai Khe, RVN, he served as a gunship aircraft commander until October of 1969. Returning to the
States, he was re-assigned to Hunter AAF as a Cobra instructor. Shortly after discharge from the
Army he moved to Eugene OR where he worked for the Lane County Transportation District. He began
as a bus driver and quickly rose to Operations Manager for the District. Tim retired in 2000, sold
his house, and bought an Island Packet 35 sail boat. Tim lived on and sailed the SV Merlin in the
Caribbean for 12 years visiting many islands, making numerous friends, and riding out Hurricane
Season moored at Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Tim sold Merlin and returned to CONUS to be a "dirt
dweller" in 2012, 6 months before being diagnosed as terminal. He maintained his free spirited
existence stateside, purchasing a van and driving across the U.S. several times seeing the land he
loved.
There were two things in Tim's life at the core of his existence; sailing Merlin and having served
in Vietnam with the 227th. He loved nature, the sea, and the independence of a mariner's life. He
also took great pride in being a Lobo and having served with "the finest group of men I've known".
Just days before he passed, Tim gathered enough strength to attend the combined reunion of A and D
Company 227th AHB held in Savannah during the first week in November 2014. The occasion turned out
to be his opportunity to say goodbye to his army buddies one last time. Lobos will miss him dearly.
Tim is survived by his son, David Faux, who lives in Sun City AZ and is about to complete
certification as a Flight Nurse (it must be in his blood), a vivacious daughter-in-law, and a
wonderful grand-daughter, who at age 13 is a competitive marksman who wants to be a sniper.
Additionally, he is survived by two older brothers who live in Oregon.
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