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AILEY BERDEAN HURLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1942 – May 10, 1967
Service recordAiley Berdean Hurley, of Montezuma, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Montezuma, Iowa (Poweshiek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 82
- BRIAN CHARLES HEWITTPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LOUIS ALEXANDER HOLTON JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- DORIAN JAN HOUSERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DANNIE DICK JACOBSSergeant · May 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE CANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 78
- RICHARD JOHN DAVISCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 80
- RONALD EDWARD YOUNGSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 88
From Montezuma
- DONALD WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · December 2, 1967
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.