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ROBERT EDWARD FURSTENWERTH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 11, 1945 – December 26, 1971
Service recordRobert Edward Furstenwerth, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 91
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 91
- RONALD JOHN COLEMANTechnical Sergeant · December 24, 1971
- WILLIAM ROBERT FINNCaptain · December 24, 1971
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL TUCKERCaptain · December 24, 1971
- JAMES CHARLES WATSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1971
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.