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JOHN CLARK HUNTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – February 20, 1971
Service recordJohn Clark Hunter, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 124
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- New Philadelphia, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 124
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 1971
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · February 20, 1971
- RANDOLPH LEROY JOHNSONSergeant First Class · February 20, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE JOHNSONTechnical Sergeant · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CARL NACCA JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 126
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 127
From New Philadelphia
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- MARTIN DOUGLAS KLANNSpecialist Five · January 10, 1968
- ARTHUR TIMOTHY FRILEYCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TOM MICHAEL THOMASCorporal · August 28, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL STRUCHENSpecialist Four · March 23, 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.