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ANDREW SIMMONS FARLEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1947 – June 3, 1969
Service recordAndrew Simmons Farley JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 52
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · June 3, 1969
- DONALD FRANCIS GINARTFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1969
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 51
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.