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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Nathan Earl Hullett.

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NATHAN EARL HULLETT

Private First Class · U.S. Army

May 5, 1948 – February 23, 1969

Service record

Nathan Earl Hullett, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31W · Line 5

Position of Panel 31W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
May 5, 1948
Home of record
Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 23, 1969
Age
20
Province
Darlac
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 31W, Line 5

Same unit, same day

From Birmingham

All 160 names from Birmingham →

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.