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FARRISH COMBS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 31, 1949 – December 15, 1969
Service recordFarrish Combs, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 58
- RONALD CHARLES COLLINSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
- DEE AARON HYDENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CHARLES COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 58
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 58
- JAMES PATRICK NUGENTPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 59
- JOHN ROCHEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 60
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.