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JAMES HENRY FURR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1946 – May 21, 1966
Service recordJames Henry Furr, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 95
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 7E, Line 95
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- BARRY WILLIAM DUFFCorporal · May 21, 1966
- JAMES WALTER ELENBURGSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN ROGER GODERREPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
From Concord
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · March 29, 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.