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PHILIP MICHAEL HUNT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1947 – March 4, 1969
Service recordPhilip Michael Hunt, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 37
- ARTHUR STANLEY HILL JRSergeant · March 4, 1969
- ROBERT CLAYTON JORDANSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- LAURI KANGROSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- WILBUR JAMES MILLER JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILBUR JAMES MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 37
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.