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JOHN STUART HUNT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – October 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Stuart Hunt, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 129
- DONNIE RICHARD MARTINCorporal · October 12, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- CASEY CLAYTON PERRYPrivate · October 12, 1970
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 127
- JERALD STEVEN DELONGCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 128
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 129
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 129
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 130
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.