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HERSHEL DUANE CUDE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – September 18, 1971
Service recordHershel Duane Cude JR, of Widefield, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Widefield, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 19
- MIGUEL ANTONIO BYNOEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1971
- LARRY DEAN EHLERSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1971
- KENNETH LEE JONESSpecialist Four · September 18, 1971
- GERALD VINCENT VANWINKLESpecialist Five · September 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 19
- GERALD VINCENT VANWINKLESpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 19
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.