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JOHN ROBERT HUNTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – April 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Robert Hunter, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 74
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 74
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · April 30, 1970
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
- KEVIN REYNOLDS KELEHERSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- GLEN LESTER KNOBLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1970
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 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.