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WILLIAM JOSEPH HURST
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1916 – January 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Hurst, of Cropwell, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 51. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 72
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 9, 1916
- Home of record
- Cropwell, Alabama (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 51
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 72
- HOWARD WAYNE GULLIKSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD THEODORE HEIMESSergeant · January 30, 1968
- CLEVELAND HOLMESPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALBERT BADGERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 65
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 66
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 70
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 76
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 77
- STEVEN ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 81
- RALPH ERIC WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 84
From Cropwell
- JAMES LESTER PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
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.