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KENNETH RONALD HUNTER
Captain · U.S. Army
December 15, 1935 – November 9, 1967
Service recordKenneth Ronald Hunter, of Hapeville, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Hapeville, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 59
- RICHARD MAXWELL HOOTSCorporal · November 9, 1967
- JAMES RAY HOWARDSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- MAX RALPH IDOMPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE JARVISpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · Panel 29E, Line 62
From Hapeville
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- HAROLD LEE WALTONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
- ERIC EUGENE GITTENSSpecialist Five · November 2, 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.