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CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1934 – June 2, 1968
Service recordCharles Douglas Farrell, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- COLIE ETHERIDGE JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CLEM CALVIN GILESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RICKIE LUKERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 10
- RONALD ALLEN COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 11
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 11
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- RANDALL LEE WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 61W, Line 19
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.