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ROOSEVELT HURST JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt Hurst JR, of Saraland, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Saraland, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 20
- CARL POST HETRICKSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOPKINSCorporal · July 5, 1968
- ERIC JOHN JEDNATSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
From Saraland
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- LEE ARTICE DIXONLance Corporal · November 7, 1967
- JOHN OLIVER WHITESergeant · January 22, 1968
- BILLY LEE JACKSONStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
- LEVI JAMES WILSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
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.