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WILLIAM PAUL HURLEY JR
Major · U.S. Army
September 7, 1935 – March 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Paul Hurley JR, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1935
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 1
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · March 29, 1968
- KENDAL ROBERT KRUSESergeant · March 29, 1968
- ANIELLO CARLOS NUNZIATOCorporal · March 29, 1968
- NATHANIEL WILLINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD B MCCOIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47E, Line 3
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.