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DALE WAYNE FARRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 18, 1946 – March 31, 1972
Service recordDale Wayne Farris, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 31, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 126
- JAMES MUIR MCCRACKENSergeant First Class · March 31, 1972
- DAVID CHARLES BRUGGEMANFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1972
- JOHN ANTHONY JELICHChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1972
- JAMES DOUGLAS OWENSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1972
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.