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WILLIAM ROBERT FURLONG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1948 – December 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Robert Furlong JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 35 ARTY 54 ARTY GRP
- Born
- August 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 22
- CALVIN ARTHUR GREENEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- DONALD PHILIP HAMILTONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- LARRY ARNOLD HARKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.