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MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNT
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – October 5, 1967
Service recordMarshall Wimberly Hunt, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 53
- NEVADA LARRY ELLISONCorporal · October 5, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD FARMERCorporal · October 5, 1967
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · October 5, 1967
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- CHARLES EDWARD FARMERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 53
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 54
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.