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JAMES AUBREY HULSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1949 – April 13, 1970
Service recordJames Aubrey Hulsey, of Palestine, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 132
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Palestine, Texas (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 132
- RICHARD FARLEY HEATHSpecialist Six · April 13, 1970
- JOSE HERNANDEZ JRSeaman · April 13, 1970
- WLADISLAW KAUSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN LAUGHLINSergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY WENDEL CRAWFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 130
- RALPH CURTIS EMBREY IIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 131
From Palestine
- THOMAS DARRELL WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- TONIE LEE ENGLAND JRCaptain · March 21, 1967
- EARL DAWSON LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- AMON FRANKLIN MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN THOMPSONLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- JAMES TUCKER STOVALLSecond Lieutenant · November 7, 1968
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER BECKERFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1970
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 25, 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.