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JAMES ROBERT HUNT
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
December 7, 1940 – August 23, 1970
Service recordJames Robert Hunt, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1970, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 133
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- December 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 133
- GARY WILLIAM JONESCorporal · August 23, 1970
- ARTHUR MEDINACorporal · August 23, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM OSBORNEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1970
- JOHN DAVID PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 23, 1970
From Columbus
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
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.