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GERALD N HUNTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – January 20, 1968
Service recordGerald N Hunter, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 87
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- TILDEN STEWART HOLLEYLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN JAMESONSergeant · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 83
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 84
- DAVID ANTHONY DECOSTESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- ROBERT EARL BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 1
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.