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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Allen Hurst.

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JOHN ALLEN HURST

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

October 31, 1949 – January 7, 1970

Service record

John Allen Hurst, of Dubois, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 14W · Line 8

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 2 BN 18 INF
Born
October 31, 1949
Home of record
Dubois, Idaho (Clark County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 7, 1970
Age
20
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 14W, Line 8

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.