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CALVIN GENE HUNT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – June 19, 1969
Service recordCalvin Gene Hunt, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 89
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 89
- EDWARD MAHLON HARDWICKStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1969
- GLENN SHELDON HAUKENESS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN HIVELYLance Corporal · June 19, 1969
- JAMES DEAN HOAGCaptain · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILSON COLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 86
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 92
- BERNARD LAWRENCE PIERCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 92
- VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFERSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 93
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.