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RALPH EDWARD HUNT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1943 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRalph Edward Hunt JR, of Alliance, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 23
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- September 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Alliance, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 23
- DAYTON JOSEPH HOOKSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- BENNY LEO HUSKONSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR KEEPNEWSFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- CARL MASON MIDDLEBROOKSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
From Alliance
- LEE CELIN WAGNER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- LARRY LAMARR DEANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ANGELO MANGINOStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES WAHLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 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.