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WILLIAM HOKE FARMER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1939 – May 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Hoke Farmer JR, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 35 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 12
- WILL LEE DENNIS FOWLERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- IVAN WEBSTER GATLINCorporal · May 29, 1967
- DENNIS RAY GLENNPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.