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JAMES DALE FARMER
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 13, 1934 – January 16, 1973
Service recordJames Dale Farmer, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 16, 1973, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 111
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1973
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 111
- PAUL ANTHONY GUIDAPrivate First Class · January 10, 1973
- KEITH ALLEN CHRISTOPHERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · January 21, 1973
- CHARLES LESLIE PARKER JRLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1973
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.