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JAMES BRYON FARMER II
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1946 – March 16, 1968
Service recordJames Bryon Farmer II, of Bristol, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Bristol, Virginia (Bristol (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 45E, Line 1
- DAVID WAYNE ERICKSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- BOGARD LAFAYETTE FLOYDStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID LEE GILLIAMPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GARY PATRICK HADLEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
From Bristol
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID BUCHANANPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LANE CHARLESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- LONNIE MORRIS BURCHETTPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- CHARLES C BUCHANANCorporal · August 28, 1969
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
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.