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KURT CHRISTOPHER HUSSMANN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1947 – November 25, 1968
Service recordKurt Christopher Hussmann, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 58
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 58
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- FREDRICK BEN KINGSergeant · November 25, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KINGSergeant · November 25, 1968
- DONALD GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 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.