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WILLIAM DOUGLAS FARRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1949 – January 22, 1969
Service recordWilliam Douglas Farrell, of Le Claire, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Le Claire, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 57
- GEORGE GERALD CARLOUGHCorporal · January 22, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN DENEEN JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1969
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- EARL KAY ZIEGLERFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
From Le Claire
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAAG JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- PATRICK LOYAL FRICKESergeant · March 7, 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.