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JERE DOUGLAS FARNOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – March 6, 1968
Service recordJere Douglas Farnow, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín 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 43E, Line 18
- MELVIN B FENNPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY FISCHIOPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- KENDALL THOMAS FORTNEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 17
- JOHN ALBERT KOZACHSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 24
- RICHARD E SALDANASpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 33
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 37
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.