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THOMAS LEONARD FARMER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 7, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordThomas Leonard Farmer, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operating Room Specialist (91D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 91 EVAC HOSP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 90
- TERRY WILLIAM FOREMANStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
- PETER WARREN GILMOREStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
- REUBEN ANTHONY LESSSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- DWIGHT A MCKINNEY JRCorporal · May 24, 1970
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.