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WILLIS LEE FURNEY - Killed in Action March 9, 1967

WILLIS LEE FURNEY

Next of Kin - Department of Defense Press Release - Click here to view -  B Co, SGT, age 20, GEORGIA SGT Willis L. FURNEY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas FURNEY, 911 South Ponce De Leon Circle, Macon, GA

SGT - E5 - Army - Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade
His tour began on Jun 25, 1966
Casualty was on Mar 9, 1967
In TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Panel 16E - Line 44

 

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DIED BEFORE DEPLOYMENT TO VIETNAM (3) in 1966

Gasbarra, Robert A; PFC; Medic, HHC

Knight, Larry H, B Co; PFC,

Palmer, Larry P, PFC; Medic, HHC

 

KIA July 27, 1966
Joseph Francis Hunt, C Co,
Joe David Kegley, C Co,
Carlos David Moore, Medic, C Co,
James Larry McCrystal, C Co,
Melvin Warren McDowell, C Co,  
Jerry L Schemel, C Co,  
 
August 14, 1966
Daryl Raymond Corfman, A Co,
 
August 23, 1966
Rayfon Lofton, B Co,
 
September 15, 1966
Joseph Lloyd Miller, C Co,
 
September 16, 1966
Edward Garry Rankin, A Co,
 
October 24, 1966
George Belanger, C Co,
 
October 29, 1966
Thomas Respress, B Co,
 
October 31, 1966
Eleftherios Pantel Pappas, B Co,
 
January 11, 1967
Eugene Cabbegestalk, C Co,
 
January 14, 1967
Lonnie Allen Floyd, C Co,
 
January 15, 1967
Frank Howard Laskin, D Co,
John R. Prince, D Co,
 
January 16, 1967
Mario Ramirez, D Co,
Frank Lee Smith, B Co,
Arthur Wayne Wilkie, B Co,
Jerome Vincent Zerfass, B Co,
 
January 22, 1967
Ronald Lynn Pendergist, A Co,
 
March 6, 1967
Ronald Wayne Lyerly, A Co,
 
March 7, 1967
Bennie Lee Cross, D Co,
Charles F. Kennedy, D Co,
James Kelly Keith, III, B Co,
 
March 9, 1967
Gerald Edward Bartram, Medic, B Co,
Freddie Lynn Friar, B Co,
Willis Lee Furney, B Co,
 
March 26, 1967
Ivy Thomas Anderson, A Co,
John Henry James, Jr, A Co,
                              
March 27, 1967
David Allen Drown, C Co,
 
March 29, 1967
David Lewis Glasscock, C Co,
 
April 7, 1967
Henry Hwey Gamble, B Co,
Ross Allen Gaston, B Co,    
Jerry Robert Miller, B Co,
Thomas Patterson, B Co,
 
April 8, 1967
Don Leslie Michael, C Co
Higinio Ovalle Oviedo, C Co,
 
May 14, 1967
Joseph L.Duckett, Jr, C Co,
             
May 17, 1967
Winfree Alderman, C Co,
Edward Oran Claeys, C Co,
George Ray Edwards, C Co,
Steven Michael Haniotes, C Co,
William Coy Turner, C Co,
 
May 20, 1967
David Lee Fennessey, D Co,
Gerald Charles Hague, B Co,
Norman Perry Howie, Jr, C Co,           
David Joseph Johnson, C Co,
 
May 22, 1967
Samuel Proctor, Jr, B Co,
 
 
KIA June 1966 - June 1967
from 4/503d = 51 
A Co =    7,  B Co =  16, C Co =  22, D Co =    6

 

KIA AFTER JUNE 1967 (14)

Acosta, John Wayne, C Co;

Bamvakais, John, D Co; 

Beach, Myron, PSG, A Co,

Crozier, David, HHC & D;

English, Glenn, HHC; KIA

Huggins, Daniel F.(aka 'Lightning'), B Co.,

Klossek, Gerald (Gerry); C Co;

Laird, Richard F, HHC,

Rabel, Laszlo; A & D Co; With 173d until KIA

Retzlaff, Skip, LT; FO, 3/319; with B Co,

Spencer, Dan E., A Co;

Spier, Harry, B Co;

Weaver, --, Sgt, --- Co;

Williams, Walter D, Major, HHC; S3;