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ROBERT DALE FARNHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1949 – January 14, 1970
Service recordRobert Dale Farnham, of Algona, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 32
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Algona, Iowa (Kossuth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 32
- JOSEPH PAUL ANTONELLISpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- HERMINIO AMELIO BONILLACorporal · January 14, 1970
- LEE ALEXANDER CONNERSSergeant · January 14, 1970
- WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLECorporal · January 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PAUL ANTONELLISpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 32
- HENRY LUSCIOUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 34
From Algona
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KERNSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK HIGGINSFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- KENNETH ARTHUR THOMASONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 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.