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JAMES EUGENE FARROW
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1936 – December 10, 1968
Service recordJames Eugene Farrow, of Kermit, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 80
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Kermit, Texas (Winkler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 80
- CHARLES ALVIN DIXONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- FREDDIE JUNIOR DOBBINSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN EDERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
From Kermit
- MONTE RAY COOLEYCorporal · March 18, 1968
- JOE LEWIS RIVERACorporal · February 25, 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.