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FARRELL JUNIOR SULLIVAN
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 11, 1934 – June 27, 1972
Service recordFarrell Junior Sullivan, of Caddo Mills, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 27, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 50
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 11, 1934
- Home of record
- Caddo Mills, Texas (Hunt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1972
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 50
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTINLieutenant Commander · June 26, 1972
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLSPetty Officer First Class · June 26, 1972
- DONALD FREDERICK YERYARStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1972
- GORDON ROBERT UHLERSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 28, 1972
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.