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JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1946 – June 9, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Farrar JR, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD THOMAS DA FRODSHAMPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- EDWARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · June 9, 1966
- ROGER DAHL JACKMANSergeant · June 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD BAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 25
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
- ALLAN EUGENE COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 26
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOHN T DIXONSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- EDWARD THOMAS DA FRODSHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EARL WAYNE GOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 28
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- MELVIN REEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- JAMES EARNEST SHUYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- CHARLES VAN TURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 29
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
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.