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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Francis Farrell.

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DANIEL FRANCIS FARRELL

Corporal · U.S. Army

October 30, 1950 – February 9, 1971

Service record

Daniel Francis Farrell, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5W · Line 90

Position of Panel 5W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
October 30, 1950
Home of record
Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 9, 1971
Age
20
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 5W, Line 90

Same unit, same day

From Danville

All 15 names from Danville →

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.