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DONALD EUGENE HUNTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1948 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Hunter, of South Fork, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- South Fork, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 34
- JOHN K HOUSESecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE ISERPrivate · May 1, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.