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WILLIAM NIAL FARMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – September 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Nial Farmer, of Leslie, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Leslie, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 68
- GERALD ALAN CAHELAWarrant Officer 1 · September 23, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS CALLAHAN JRLieutenant Commander · September 23, 1968
- GREGORY CARTERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- AARON ZANE HOWARD GLAZARPrivate First Class · September 23, 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.