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JOE HENRY FURCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1946 – November 27, 1967
Service recordJoe Henry Furch, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 96
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BOWMANStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- RUDOLFO CHAVEZStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- RONALD GILMORESergeant · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 98
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 98
- JOSE RAMOS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 99
- BILLIE E SANDEFURFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 99
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.