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FARRIS ELDON MAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1949 – October 8, 1969
Service recordFarris Eldon May, of Damascus, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 51
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Damascus, Arkansas (Faulkner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 51
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- LESTER MCCABESergeant First Class · October 8, 1969
- ALEX ROY MOSHERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1969
- LARRY RAY OWENSPetty Officer Second Class · October 8, 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.