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CHARLES EDWARD FARMER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – October 5, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Farmer, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 53
- NEVADA LARRY ELLISONCorporal · October 5, 1967
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · October 5, 1967
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · October 5, 1967
- MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNTCorporal · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 54
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.