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ERROLD RUFUS FARRAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – December 23, 1969
Service recordErrold Rufus Farrar, of Mattydale, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 86
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Mattydale, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 86
- SANDERS RAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- TRUMAN JAMES W GILBERTSergeant · December 23, 1969
- WILLIS WAYNE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1969
- OSCAR BURL LYLES JRStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1969
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.