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TOMMIE LOUIS MCFARLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1943 – March 20, 1966
Service recordTommie Louis McFarland, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES BEACHCaptain · March 20, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY GROOVERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- GEORGE HITZELBERGERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FLORESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 24
- CLIFFORD ABDUL MCKENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 26
- HUBERT RAY SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 26
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.