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KENNETH CHARLES HURSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1944 – June 12, 1967
Service recordKenneth Charles Hurse, of Sweet Home, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Sweet Home, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 94
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- MATTHEW DEVANUGHAN KENNEDYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1967
- DANNY OWEN KENNELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- DENNIS RUDOLPH MANSKECorporal · June 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE TAYLORSpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 96
From Sweet Home
- FRED JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- DALE RAY RICHTERStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1968
- TED QUINTON REED JRSergeant · March 7, 1969
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM CARPER JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
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.