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JAMES LARRY HULL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 28, 1945 – February 19, 1971
Service recordJames Larry Hull, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 19, 1971, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 120
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TASS
- Born
- December 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 120
- CURTIS EARL BURKETTSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
- ANTHONY JOSEPH CARACCILO JRCorporal · February 19, 1971
- ROBERT LLOYD DALTONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- GERALD ALFRED GRAYPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 1968
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.