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QUENTIN FOXX HURST
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1944 – September 27, 1968
Service recordQuentin Foxx Hurst, of Valley Falls, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 29
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Valley Falls, Kansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 29
- PAUL DAVID GROSICKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · September 27, 1968
- PAUL HOLSTONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- TYRONE JACKSONLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JONESCorporal · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY CHARLES NILESCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- DELFIN HILARIO COOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 28
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 30
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 33
From Valley Falls
- JAMES JOSEPH EVANSCommander · April 2, 1965
- FLOYD CHARLES NEVINSSergeant · May 15, 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.