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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Peter Clifton Hurlock.

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PETER CLIFTON HURLOCK

Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 11, 1946 – February 7, 1969

Service record

Peter Clifton Hurlock, of North Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 33W · Line 79

Position of Panel 33W 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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
September 11, 1946
Home of record
North Miami, Florida (Dade County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 7, 1969
Age
22
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 33W, Line 79

From North Miami

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.