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JEFFREY ANDREW HULTS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1945 – February 12, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Andrew Hults, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 6
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 6
- ALAN WENDELL GUNNChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 12, 1968
- ELVESTER HESTER JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE G HOWERTERSergeant · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT LAURENS HUGHESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EUGENE YOUNGBLOODSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 1
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 2
- GREGORY C CONANTSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 3
- LE ROY EDWARD DAMIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 4
- GERALD GOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- WILLIAM AARON HARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 5
- BRUCE G HOWERTERSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 6
- ROBERT LAURENS HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 6
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN JOINERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- DONNIE JOE MARLARSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 8
- ROBERT WALTER MAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 8
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 9
- ROBERT MICHAEL NIXSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- RALPH EDWARD PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- JOHN CHAD PRICESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 10
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ULYSSES STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 13
- KENNETH EUGENE TICHNELLSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 14
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 14
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.