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The 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, enters Snuol, Cambodia, 4 May 1970.
The 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, enters Snuol, Cambodia, 4 May 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jerry Lee Hurley.

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JERRY LEE HURLEY

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

February 12, 1950 – June 10, 1970

Service record

Jerry Lee Hurley, of New Concord, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9W · Line 39

Position of Panel 9W 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. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
February 12, 1950
Home of record
New Concord, Ohio (Muskingum County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 10, 1970
Age
20
Country
Cambodia
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.

He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.

Also on Panel 9W, Line 39

Same unit, same day

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.