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HULUS EDGAR KEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – November 2, 1969
Service recordHulus Edgar Key JR, of Tifton, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Tifton, Georgia (Tift County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 19
- PATRICK HENRY CARROLLCaptain · November 2, 1969
- MOISES ROMERO HERRERA JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
- LEO CLAUDE HESTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 17
- THOMAS MICHAEL CURTISPrivate · Panel 16W, Line 17
- LEWIS BERNARD GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 17
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 18
- WESLEY HOMER HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 19
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 21
- MICHAEL ROBERT NORTONSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 23
From Tifton
- FRANKLIN THOMAS COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- HAROLD BASCOM DURHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE DYKES JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- THOMAS RUDOLPH OWENSGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · February 15, 1969
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.