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WILLIAM RENARD FURR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1934 – April 9, 1971
Service recordWilliam Renard Furr, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 114
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 114
- JAMES HENRY ABRAMStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1971
- WILBUR GREENESergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- CARROLL BAXTER LILLYLieutenant Colonel · April 9, 1971
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · April 10, 1971
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · 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.