The Wall › Panel 16E › Oklahoma › Michael J Hunter
MICHAEL J HUNTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1946 – March 15, 1967
Service recordMichael J Hunter, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 84
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 84
- SAMUEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- STEVIE RAY GIBSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IVORY PERRY PARRISHStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 86
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 1971
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.