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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James K Hurley.

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JAMES K HURLEY

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

April 2, 1945 – January 24, 1975

Service record

James K Hurley, of Glen Allen, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 24, 1975, in Thailand, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1W · Line 122

Position of Panel 1W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
April 2, 1945
Home of record
Glen Allen, Virginia (Henrico County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 24, 1975
Age
29
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1975. In January 1975, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Also on Panel 1W, Line 122

Same unit, same day

From Glen Allen

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.