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JOHN WILLIAM HULME
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1946 – June 30, 1969
Service recordJohn William Hulme, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 38
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Engineer, Construction, And Equipment Off (I) (1301)
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 38
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- WAYNE STANLEY HORVATHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · June 30, 1969
- JAMES ARNOLD KLYNECorporal · June 30, 1969
- RICHARD MONROE PRUETTSergeant · February 28, 2005
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 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.