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MICHAEL LEE FARMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – April 4, 1968
Service recordMichael Lee Farmer, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 2
- ROBERT GERALD ELGINStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1968
- CLIFFORD LEONARD FAULLSergeant · April 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS EDWARD FULCHERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- JOSE SALUSTINO GARZASergeant · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GERALD ELGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 3
- DANIEL GUARDADOSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- LEO BRENT GUNNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- RAYMOND JUNIOR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 5
- LAWRENCE HENRY KOCHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 6
- ROBERT JOSEPH MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 7
- JERRY WAYNE SHAINSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 11
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 11
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1968
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.