Farren - Mark - Vietnam
MARK FARREN
Source - Crawfordsville Journal Review - 20 Apr 1970
Army Sgt. Mark Farren, 46, twin brother of Mrs. Marguerite Montan, 613 Kentucky St., Crawfordsville, died Monday in a military hospital in Japan of injuries suffered in Vietnam. Farren, a platoon sergeant, received second and third degree burns over his entire body when a mine exploded while he was riding in a jeep. His family was notified Tuesday night. He had served 28 years in the Army, relatives said. Farren resided in Crawfordsville from 1940 to 1942. He was married to the former Claradeen Royal of Mellott. Surviving were the widow, a resident of Tacoma, Wash, his father, Robert Farren of Gordonsville, Va.; three sons, James Farren, a Vietnam War veteran, Mark Farren Jr. and Terry Farren, all of Tacoma; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson of Severna Park, Md.,and Mrs. Montan, residing here; three brothers, James Farren of Bell, W. Va., William Farren of Washington, D.C., and Eddie Farren of Baltimore, Md., and a grandmother, Mrs. W. Leffel of Harrison, Va. His mother, Mrs. Texie Eggers, died in Crawfordsville in 1942.
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