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FURNACE FREEMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 1, 1943 – March 14, 1969
Service recordFurnace Freeman JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 37
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 37
- JAMES ALVIN CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- ERNEST RICHARD FRANKSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN HAYES JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- HERMAN BATER HOSE JRSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD RUSSELL BEASLEYSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 35
- WAYMON LOUIS JONES JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 38
- STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIASpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 38
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.