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RICHARD WESLEY MCFARLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1949 – August 10, 1970
Service recordRichard Wesley McFarland, of Lucas, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Lucas, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 101
- DWAINE ELBYRNE MATTOXCaptain · August 10, 1970
- BERNARD FRANCIS MORRILLTechnical Sergeant · August 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAY SORENSENSergeant · August 10, 1970
- JAMES DENNIS BRADLESpecialist Five · August 11, 1970
From Lucas
- KEITH WARREN AUPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
- CHARLES MARION CRAWFORDSergeant Major · May 21, 1971
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.