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JOHN BERNARD HURTADO
Captain · U.S. Army
August 20, 1937 – April 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Bernard Hurtado, of Sanger, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 28
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1937
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 28
- ALLAN HAROLD JORDANFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD JOYCE JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- GREGORY RICHARD KELLYSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT BARD KERCHNERSergeant · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR RAYMOND MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 30
- DANIEL FRANCIS REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 32
From Sanger
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 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.