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JON MICHAEL FARNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1945 – May 3, 1967
Service recordJon Michael Farner, of De Soto, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- De Soto, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 24
- WILLIAM KELLY DOWNINGCorporal · May 3, 1967
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE FALWELLPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD FLANNERY JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
From De Soto
- GEORGE TYRUS BEANSpecialist Four · April 20, 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.