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MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 23, 1944 – January 28, 1970
Service recordMichael Woodrow Hunter, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 75
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 75
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 28, 1970
- JOHN MONROE JONES JRSergeant · January 28, 1970
- KENNETH EDWIN KOCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1970
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY BRIAN BATTELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 73
- KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 74
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 75
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 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.