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JOSEPH DANIEL HURTA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1940 – March 22, 1967
Service recordJoseph Daniel Hurta, of Gallup, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Gallup, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 20
- ANDREW HORVATHSergeant · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS KAUFFERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
From Gallup
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- PATRICK SKEETSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
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.