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RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1946 – February 15, 1969
Service recordRichard Raymond Hurlihe, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 38
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP
- Born
- February 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 38
- THOMAS SCOTT HAMILTONSergeant · February 15, 1969
- ALVIN JOCK HOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1969
- FRANCIS KENNETH KULBATSKICorporal · February 15, 1969
- RONALD ANTHONY MONISHSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.