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JAMES ANTHONY HUNT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1948 – October 1, 1968
Service recordJames Anthony Hunt, of La Puente, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 56
- ALFRED IVRY BROOKSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · October 1, 1968
- HENRY JONES JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE KNISELY JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- CURTIS JOHN KRAUHSLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.