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CHARLIE WILL FARMER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordCharlie Will Farmer JR, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 22
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 22
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- HARRY GROVER KUNKLER IIISpecialist Five · June 11, 1969
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 21
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
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.