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JOHN LAWRENCE HURD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1949 – August 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Lawrence Hurd, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 94
- LUIS MARTINEZ GONSALEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- RICHARD RALPH GRINNELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- STUART FRANKLIN HEMPPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ARTHUR HARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Five · August 22, 1969
- LARRY MORGAN KELLYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.