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RICHARD SCOTT MCFARLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – November 9, 1969
Service recordRichard Scott McFarland, of Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 50
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- IRA EUGENE MCGOWANLance Corporal · November 9, 1969
- RONALD RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- FRANK DALE STEIBELCorporal · November 9, 1969
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.