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PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1949 – October 1, 1968
Service recordPatrick Michael Farley, of Central Falls, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Central Falls, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 55
- GARY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · October 1, 1968
- WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSON JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ALLEN GEORGE FUSSNERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- MONTIE H HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
From Central Falls
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · April 1, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM HASLAMSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
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.