The Wall › Panel 12W › Indiana › Michael Lee Farley
MICHAEL LEE FARLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – April 10, 1970
Service recordMichael Lee Farley, of Tipton, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 117
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Tipton, Indiana (Tipton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 117
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- JACK ALLEN HAWLEYTechnical Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- JAMES T HOWARDStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- DAVID COLEMAN KAYSPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
From Tipton
- WILLIAM CHESTER OSBORNCaptain · May 5, 1964
- JOHN MICHEL NASHCaptain · March 15, 1966
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.