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JOSEPH LYLE FARMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1943 – December 31, 1967
Service recordJoseph Lyle Farmer, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 8
- GUILLERMO ESTRADACorporal · December 31, 1967
- HENRY MAURICE STAFFO HALEPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT J HALLETTSergeant First Class · December 31, 1967
- WILLIAM DELBERT HOLLANDPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 6
- DICKEY CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 7
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 7
- HENRY MAURICE STAFFO HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 8
- CECIL BEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 9
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 9
- ERNEST DELBERT MARCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 9
- JOSE SANTANA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 10
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 10
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 1969
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.
