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HOWARD EUGENE HURST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1943 – June 17, 1967
Service recordHoward Eugene Hurst, of San Jose, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 12, 1943
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 122
- RICHARD LEE JENNERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CARL THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- JAMES RAWLEY JONESCaptain · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.