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DAVID ASHBY FARROW
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1932 – May 13, 1966
Service recordDavid Ashby Farrow, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 13, 1966, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 57
- LAWRENCE NATHANIEL EDMONDSSpecialist Five · May 13, 1966
- RONALD JOHN MOOREHEADSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- ALBERT DEANPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.