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BILLY RANDY FARRIOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1951 – December 26, 1970
Service recordBilly Randy Farrior, of Ooltewah, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 8
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- January 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Ooltewah, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 8
- DONALD JOSEPH KNEBELPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- RICHARD J KNICKERBOCKERPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- ANTHONY ARTHUR BRESESpecialist Four · December 26, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE DOTSONStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
From Ooltewah
- FREDDIE LERON LONGSpecialist Four · December 1, 1969
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.