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GARY LEE FARLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1948 – November 12, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Farley, of Ravenna, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Ravenna, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 81
- HUBERT CROOMPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- ALDON JAMES DEDEAUXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- ARMANDO LEO ESCARENOPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- CHARLES FAVROTHSergeant · November 12, 1967
From Ravenna
- ROBERT EDWARD PACIOREKSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GEORGE EDGAR SPECKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WYMERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY KINGSergeant First Class · April 25, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER HAROLD TURKPrivate First Class · February 13, 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.