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BOBBY EARNEST HUNT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1940 – May 1, 1967
Service recordBobby Earnest Hunt, of Chuckey, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Chuckey, Tennessee (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 5
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- ROGER CONRAD GAUGHANCorporal · May 1, 1967
- HILARIO H GUAJARDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- MICHAEL J HILBURGERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL J HILBURGERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 5
- CHARLES EUGENE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 6
From Chuckey
- HARVEY JUNIOR PROFITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JAMES OAKLEY JAYNESLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- OLIVER NATHANIEL THOMPSONSpecialist Five · November 14, 1969
- FLOYD WATSEL LAMB JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1970
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.