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MICHAEL MARION FARLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – October 30, 1971
Service recordMichael Marion Farley, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 55
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 55
- JERRY EUGENE TEWPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- VICTOR DEMOTT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- KENNETH MICHAEL BERBLINGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 30, 1971
- HARDY EDWARD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MICHAEL BERBLINGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 55
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 56
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 57
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.