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WILLIAM HAROLD FARVOUR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1948 – February 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Harold Farvour, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 43
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- GERALD QUINN HANCOCKSergeant · February 16, 1969
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 1969
- EARL FRANKLIN HOUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 16, 1969
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
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.