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HORATIO WILLIAM HURSTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1946 – August 14, 1969
Service recordHoratio William Hurston, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Assistant (3506)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 39
- MICHAEL LESTER BRUNDAGESpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES HAMRICKMajor · August 14, 1969
- JAMES BORLAND HIEMENZSergeant · August 14, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES KILWINESergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK MICHAEL APODACASergeant · Panel 19W, Line 36
- JEFFREY CHARLES ELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 37
- MELVIN LEE GRANTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 38
- JAMES BORLAND HIEMENZSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 39
- RICHARD JAMES KILWINESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 39
- GIL STEVENS WILFONGCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 42
- RICHARD MARVIN WISESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 42
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.