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ROBERT DEAN FARRINGTON
Captain · U.S. Army
November 19, 1944 – December 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Dean Farrington, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 48
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 48
- GARY LEE FOLZCorporal · December 11, 1969
- THOMAS ROBERT MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW MAYCorporal · December 11, 1969
- JIMMY RALPH PATRICKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1969
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.