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PAUL THOMAS HURT III
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 15, 1943 – June 18, 1969
Service recordPaul Thomas Hurt III, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 78
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1943
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 78
- MICHAEL LEONARD HODGEStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1969
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- CLAUDE CHARLES KASIAHPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH LANE JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS GOSHORNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 76
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
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.