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SAMUEL EUGENE HURD
Airman Third Class · U.S. Air Force
March 21, 1942 – January 3, 1964
Service recordSamuel Eugene Hurd, of Detroit, Michigan, served as an Airman Third Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 3, 1964, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Third Class (A3C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1964; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 39
- BILLY JOHN COLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
From Detroit
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
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.