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PHILIP WADE HUNT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1945 – August 22, 1968
Service recordPhilip Wade Hunt, of Wright City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Wright City, Missouri (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 28
- RONALD ANTHONY GOLWITZERSergeant First Class · August 22, 1968
- PAUL ANDREW JEROME JRFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- JOHN C KENNEBREWSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- ARGESTLAR KING JRLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 30
- WILLIAM EUGENE WEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 35
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 36
From Wright City
- DALE EUGENE NORTHPrivate First Class · July 9, 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.