Vietnam War
Unit | 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division |
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Rank | Chief Warrant Officer Second Class U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Cleveland Ohio |
Date of Death | May 16 1971 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Chief Warrant Officer, Second Class Farlow was a member of Company A, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. On May 16, 1971, he was aircraft commander off a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) conducting an insertion of ARVN Marines into a landing zone near Hue, South Vietnam when his aircraft received heavy enemy fire, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.