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CHARLES EVERETTE HURD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1946 – August 3, 1966
Service recordCharles Everette Hurd, of Sandyville, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Sandyville, West Virginia (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 103
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- HERSCHEL CYLE HOLTSergeant · August 3, 1966
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 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.