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MARK FARREN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1923 – April 21, 1970
Service recordMark Farren, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 31
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1923
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 31
- DANNY WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · April 21, 1970
- ANTHONY WAYNE MANSTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 21, 1970
- VAL GREGORY MEYERSergeant · April 21, 1970
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.