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RONALD WAYNE HURT
Captain · U.S. Army
April 19, 1943 – March 23, 1970
Service recordRonald Wayne Hurt, of Owensville, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 37
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Owensville, Indiana (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 37
- WILLIAM EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
- RUDY MORALES BECERRAStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR BORONSKISergeant First Class · March 24, 1970
- LARRY MELVIN COMISCorporal · March 24, 1970
From Owensville
- LARRY KEITH DEALPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- DONALD STEPHEN RIGGSCorporal · December 4, 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.