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JAY ALLEN HURD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1947 – September 1, 1966
Service recordJay Allen Hurd, of Laconia, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 60
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Laconia, New Hampshire (Belknap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 60
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 1966
- HUBERT CAMPBEL NICHOLS JRColonel · September 1, 1966
- BRADFORD SCOTT NICKERSONPrivate · September 1, 1966
- NORMAN SCHMIDTColonel · September 1, 1966
From Laconia
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL AHERNSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 1969
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.