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GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1949 – March 18, 1969
Service recordGeorge Thomas Farawell, of Linden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 68
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Linden, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 68
- RICHARD BERT BRUCESpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- DALE LEON EISAMANSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- MARGARITO FERNANDEZ JRSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ARTHUR TATUMSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 74
From Linden
- FRANKLIN MICHAEL TUNICKLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE KNOSKYCorporal · May 14, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
- EUGENE LAWPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 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.