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HAROLD CLAYTON HUNTER II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – August 30, 1971
Service recordHarold Clayton Hunter II, of Lockesburg, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Lockesburg, Arkansas (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 6
- TERRY MICHAEL HAMMONDSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
- DONALD NEIL PENSYLSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
- SAMUEL OLIVER SMALLSpecialist Five · August 30, 1971
- ROBERT LEE WEISSERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY MICHAEL HAMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 6
- ROBERT LEE WEISSERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 6
From Lockesburg
- BILLY CESAR MCFALLSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- ROBERT BUCK PURTELLSergeant · August 19, 1968
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.