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DAVID RAY HUNT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – September 2, 1967
Service recordDavid Ray Hunt, of Weston, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Weston, West Virginia (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 84
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN HOLSTIUSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS HOLTMANCorporal · September 2, 1967
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
From Weston
- EARL FREDERICK BROWNStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- WARREN LEE GOULDMajor · September 19, 1966
- JOSEPH MARTIN BRADYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- GEORGE WARD HENRY JRLance Corporal · September 5, 1967
- LARRY STEVEN HEATERLance Corporal · December 1, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS SCHNABLYCaptain · December 1, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE ARMENTROUTStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
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.