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JAMES RANDOLPH HURST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – August 17, 1969
Service recordJames Randolph Hurst, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 55
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 55
- DONALD JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1969
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- GEORGE LOUIS MINERCaptain · August 17, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KIM MICHAEL DILIBERTOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 53
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 54
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 55
- MATTHEW PETERSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- CLIFFORD SEALSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 57
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.