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WILLIE FARMER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordWillie Farmer JR, of Pinetops, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Pinetops, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 27
- CULLEN BARKSDALE JRSergeant · September 29, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- DALE RUSS BERGPetty Officer Second Class · September 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEON CRAIGLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CULLEN BARKSDALE JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 27
- JAMES BENJAMIN FIELDSSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- DAVID ANTHONY GENTRYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 28
- KENNETH LEON GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 28
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- CRAIG ALLAN MCDANIELStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLYDE VERNON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLARENCE RIVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 31
- ROBERT JEREMIAH SMITHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 33
From Pinetops
- ARTHUR LEE DANCYPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- JOHN DAVID CRISP IIICorporal · September 6, 1967
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.