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DARRELL VON HURT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – July 16, 1969
Service recordDarrell Von Hurt, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “196 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 7
- JOHNNY LEE KIDDSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- JESSIE ROY LEWISPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- RODGER DENNIS MCELHANEYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR RICHARD ALLISONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 4
- RONALD ALVIN HOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 6
- JOHNNY LEE KIDDSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 7
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.