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RICK E MCFARLAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 22, 1950 – March 20, 1971
Service recordRick E McFarland, of Dunkirk, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Dunkirk, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 62
- VERNON GLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- WILLIAM EARL ROYALChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 20, 1971
- JAMES DANIEL SCHOOLEYSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JOHN LEROY TRUESDELLSergeant · March 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD KINGSLEYCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 61
- ROBERT PHILLIPS MARTIN JRCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 61
- VERNON GLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 62
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.