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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Doherty Hunter.

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JAMES DOHERTY HUNTER

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

September 3, 1942 – February 21, 1967

Service record

James Doherty Hunter, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15E · Line 70

Position of Panel 15E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
September 3, 1942
Home of record
Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 21, 1967
Age
24
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 15E, Line 70

Same unit, same day

From Arlington

All 54 names from Arlington →

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.