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JOSEPH EMANUAL HURNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1942 – January 15, 1969
Service recordJoseph Emanual Hurney, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 29 ARTY
- Born
- November 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 7
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · January 15, 1969
- EDWARD FREDERICK GRANDPRECorporal · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK WILLIAM GRESCHStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1969
- GARY LEE HEEMANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
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.