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WILHELM S HURKMANS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – July 22, 1968
Service recordWilhelm S Hurkmans JR, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Rhinelander, Wisconsin (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 33
- TED SCOTT FERGUSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- MACKLIN OTIS HUGHESSergeant · July 22, 1968
- SALVATORE CARMELO INSANASergeant First Class · July 22, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 32
- EUGENE DONALD SCHINDLERPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 36
From Rhinelander
- ROBERT JOHN DAVIESAirman · July 29, 1967
- GUSTAVE FRANKLIN GUDLESKECaptain · August 1, 1967
- RICHARD ALFRED ROESLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 4, 1968
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.