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MICHAEL RAY HUNTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1950 – February 16, 1971
Service recordMichael Ray Hunter, of Elsberry, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Elsberry, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 111
- RICHARD WRIGHT ELLISONColonel · February 16, 1971
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 1971
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
- EVELYN FRANKLIN LANKFORDSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
From Elsberry
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- ARLIN DARRELL COLLINSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- RAY EDWIN TANNEHILLMaster Sergeant · August 12, 1972
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.