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JOHN CLARK HURST
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1941 – July 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Clark Hurst, of Lufkin, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 115 MAG 13 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- July 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Lufkin, Texas (Angelina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 23
- PAUL CRAWFORD HEWITSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS BURTON LUKESSergeant · July 13, 1968
From Lufkin
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · November 12, 1965
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · September 29, 1967
- CLENZELL MORRISPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- EDDIE CLAYTON HARRISPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- WESLEY EUGENE HODGESCorporal · February 23, 1968
- BENNIE JOE SISSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE RICKSSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- OTTIS EDWARD STRINGERLance Corporal · July 12, 1969
- CHARLES QUINTEN POLKPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.