My first guess was that he was living on a military base somewhere but in my search I see there are others with the same name and with ties to Ireland. There is even one with the same middle initial, but not him (different wife), also born in Ireland.
Is this him? It says he was born in Northern Ireland and immigrated 1892 or 3. but the age isn't right, 57 years old. It is Company 4, living at the National Soldier's Home in Virginia. If this isn't him then there is clearly another military man with the name Patrick Hurley. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CDPG-VZM : accessed 4 June 2023), Patrick Hurley, Chesapeake, Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 8B, line 100, family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2442; FHL microfilm 2,342,176.
He and Ruth appear to have been aboard a ship the previous November, boarding at Cristobal, CZ, Panama bound for New York. See "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FW-PQD : 2 March 2021), Patrick Hurley, 1929; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
