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NOEL HURLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1945 – October 25, 1968
Service recordNoel Hurley, of Godfrey, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Godfrey, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 33
- JIMMY WAYNE HARDWICKCorporal · October 25, 1968
- ROGELIO LEBRON-MALDONADOSergeant First Class · October 25, 1968
- BILLIE MONROE LONGSergeant · October 25, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD MERRELLSecond Lieutenant · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 31
- JIMMY WAYNE HARDWICKCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 33
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 34
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 35
From Godfrey
- RICHARD ALLEN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- LESLIE DAVID NICKELSPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- STEPHEN FORREST WOODSSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMBRY JRCorporal · November 6, 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.