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BILLY RAY HUNTER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 18, 1951 – September 1, 1970
Service recordBilly Ray Hunter, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 31
- WILLIAM RUSSELL KERSEY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 1, 1970
- JAMES ROGERS KINGPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
- JOHN DAVID LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- DAVID ROGER NOLLWarrant Officer 1 · September 1, 1970
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.