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HERBERT PERRY HUNTER
Commander · U.S. Navy
February 5, 1931 – July 19, 1967
Service recordHerbert Perry Hunter, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 19, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 91
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- February 5, 1931
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 91
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN GUILLORYCorporal · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM BRAXTON JACKSONPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD JARANSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1967
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.