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FRANKIE LEE FARROW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1945 – March 24, 1968
Service recordFrankie Lee Farrow, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 4
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH ENZINNACorporal · March 24, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN FRIENDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT FRANCIS HEUSEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 7
- KENNETH LAWRENCE NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 9
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
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.