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First Name: James

Last Name: Hurd

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Gender: Male

Branch: Air Force (1947 - present)



Middle Name: Allen



Date of Birth: 20 August 1917

Date of Death: 02 May 2000

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Years Served:
James Allen Hurd

   
Engagements:
•  World War II (1941 - 1945)

Biography:

James Allen Hurd
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force

James Allen Hurd was born on 20 August 1917.

He was a Buffalo Soldier and one of the Tuskegee Airmen who pioneered racial equality in the military. 

Death and Burial

Lieutenant Colonel James Allen Hurd died on 2 May 2000 from complications following a stroke. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.



Honoree ID: 2665   Created by: MHOH

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