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CRAIG LEE FARLOW
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – May 16, 1971
Service recordCraig Lee Farlow, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 26
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 16, 1971
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 26
- ELLIOTT CROOKSpecialist Five · May 16, 1971
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · May 16, 1971
- RAYMOND M DAUBENDIEKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1972
- RICHARD HAROLD HAGMANCaptain · May 17, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · Panel 3W, Line 37
- THOMAS KUKOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 38
- ELLIOTT CROOKSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 26
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 27
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · 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.