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WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 8, 1943 – April 23, 1965
Service recordWilliam Ralph Fuhrman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 106
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Torpedoman's Mate (TM)
- Born
- April 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 106
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK SHEALieutenant (junior grade) · April 20, 1965
- SAYWARD NEWTON HALL JRMajor · April 21, 1965
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 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.