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HURSTON EDWARD WORRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1943 – November 29, 1968
Service recordHurston Edward Worrell, of Pittsview, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsview, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 7
- TERRYL GLENN PARTSAFASSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- GARY DAVIS PRINCECorporal · November 29, 1968
- TED JAMES RULEFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LAWTON BASHAMCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 3
- JOHNIE REESE GODWIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 5
From Pittsview
- BRUCE GARLAND TINDALLStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
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.