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BRUCE CHARLES HUNT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1947 – November 4, 1970
Service recordBruce Charles Hunt, of South Pasadena, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 4, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- South Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 39
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- LEONARD ALLAN LANZARINSpecialist Four · November 4, 1970
- JAIME RESTREPOSergeant First Class · November 4, 1970
- JOSEPH MARTINEZ SOTOSergeant · November 4, 1970
From South Pasadena
- ROBERT DEAN CAMPBELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- RALPH NELSON DUEMLINGFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 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.