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RONALD CHARLES HURST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1946 – April 12, 1967
Service recordRonald Charles Hurst, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 18
- COLBURN BROWNSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CLIFTON CLAY IIICaptain · April 12, 1967
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CLYDE REED JRAirman Second Class · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 18
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 19
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 20
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 20
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.