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DAVID EARL FARR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1950 – January 26, 1970
Service recordDavid Earl Farr, of Thousand Oaks, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Thousand Oaks, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 68
- MICHAEL EDWARD STYERLieutenant Colonel · January 13, 1970
- FRANCIS MATTHEW AUDSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- HARVIE RENA FRADYSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- PATRICK HENRY HALBERTSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH HAWCOSergeant · January 26, 1970
From Thousand Oaks
- COLIN FRANK JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JOHN CLARENCE SHAMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- LARRY ALLAN JONESLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- CHARLES IVAN DEGRAWSergeant · November 5, 1968
- ERIC JAMES HUBERTHCaptain · May 13, 1970
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.