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WILLIAM PETER FARRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – December 10, 1967
Service recordWilliam Peter Farrell, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 73
- BARRY EDWARD FELDMANNCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JOSE JUAN FIGUEROAStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FULLAM JRSergeant · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 71
- BOHDAN PETER BRYDUNCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 71
- SAMUEL VIEL BULLOCH JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 72
- RANDY EUGENE DILLINDERCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 72
- BARRY EDWARD FELDMANNCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 73
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 73
- JOHN JOSEPH FULLAM JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 73
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 74
- BILLY ALLEN KELSALLSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 75
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 77
- WALKER SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 77
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 78
- MELVIN DEWAYNE SODOWSKYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 78
- JAMES EARL WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 79
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.