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RANDALL LEE FARLOW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – September 17, 1968
Service recordRandall Lee Farlow, of Booneville, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Booneville, Iowa (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 14
- KEVIN HOWARD DUGANSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- DAVID LAWRENCE EISENBRAUNHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- BRUCE JEROME FEDLERSergeant · September 17, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY GEORGEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 13
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 22
- WARREN ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 23
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.