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FREDERICK EDWARD FURR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 19, 1946 – April 29, 1969
Service recordFrederick Edward Furr, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 77
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 77
- LESTER EARL DOWNINGPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- DANIEL EDWARD FECKSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES FISHERSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
- ROBERT MORRIS FLANIGANSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
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.