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JAMES MURPHY FURGERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1950 – March 29, 1970
Service recordJames Murphy Furgerson, of Evarts, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 19 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Evarts, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 2 BN 19 ARTY 1 CAV DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 55
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · March 29, 1970
- GEORGE RICHARD CUTHBERTPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1970
- GORDON MARLO GUNHUSPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · March 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 55
- WARNER STARKSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 58
From Evarts
- CURTIS JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- MARCUS RAYMOND DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1970
- SAMUEL OLIVER SMALLSpecialist Five · August 30, 1971
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.