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HURSHELL HARRY GOUGH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 25, 1932 – February 20, 1968
Service recordHurshell Harry Gough, of Drumright, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 20, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 37
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 25, 1932
- Home of record
- Drumright, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 37
- ROBERT RAY BOYLEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- DONALD GENE BRANTCorporal · February 20, 1968
- RAYMOND EARL CARPENTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ALBERTO COLONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
From Drumright
- WILLIAM FRANK HEWITTSergeant · July 6, 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.