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RICHARD AGUST MARFURT JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – December 23, 1969
Service recordRichard Agust Marfurt JR, of Rockville Centre, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 87
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materials Quality Specialists (51G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 169 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockville Centre, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 87
- CLIFFORD MONTGOMERYSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- FRANKLIN WYLIE NEELSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- DAVID NEAL REEDLance Corporal · December 23, 1969
From Rockville Centre
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- RICHARD BROWNSergeant · May 28, 1967
- JOHN HENRY FERRIL IILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HILL PARKERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- GERALD DAVID SORRENTINOCorporal · June 6, 1968
- ROGER O CLEMENSMajor · September 19, 1968
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.