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RONALD LYNN HURST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1949 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Lynn Hurst, of Swannanoa, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Swannanoa, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 40
- SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND SMALLCorporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY CLARKCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 31
- JERRY THOMAS EVANSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- ROBERT ALLEN FOWLERSergeant Major · Panel 54E, Line 33
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 36
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 37
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 39
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- EGBERT R VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Swannanoa
- BILLY GRAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSARD IIICorporal · July 15, 1968
- JAMES ONLEY WEAVERCorporal · December 11, 1968
- BRUCE CLINTON ELKINSSergeant · November 14, 1970
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.