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DENNIS BARRY FARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1949 – January 12, 1969
Service recordDennis Barry Farris, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 74
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Cheyenne, Wyoming (Laramie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 74
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1969
- LAURENCE D WORTHINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 74
- LARRY GRANT BRADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 76
- LAWTON ARVIL KEENERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 77
- CALVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 78
- JOHN BERKLEY ROLLESergeant · Panel 35W, Line 79
- EDWIN FRANKLIN TUBBSPrivate · Panel 35W, Line 79
- GABRIEL ZOLDIPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 79
- TAKESHI YABIKUSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 80
From Cheyenne
- ROBERT FRED GUTHRIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BECKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD MCNALLYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 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.