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JAMES DURWARD FLURRY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1943 – May 2, 1969
Service recordJames Durward Flurry, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 98
- LUIS PHILIP CRUZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- MELVIN WARREN EAKINSLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN FRATTOLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- WILLIAM A MANSERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 100
- JERRY ROGER MEADOWSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 100
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 101
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 104
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.