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KENT PALMER FURPHY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1944 – November 12, 1966
Service recordKent Palmer Furphy, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 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 12E, Line 62
- GEORGE HARRISON BONNELL IIISecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GALLAGHERMajor · November 12, 1966
- EDUARDO GUZMAN-LUGOStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1966
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · Panel 12E, Line 59
- EDUARDO GUZMAN-LUGOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 62
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID LOU ROWELLPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
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.