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RALPH WOMMACK HUNT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – August 1, 1970
Service recordRalph Wommack Hunt, of San Gabriel, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 74
- JAMES WILLIE BLACKMONMaster Sergeant · August 1, 1970
- DALE RYAN BUXTONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
- DAVID LEON CAPLANSecond Lieutenant · August 1, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH HOOPERSpecialist Five · August 1, 1970
From San Gabriel
- BRUCE HORACE EATONSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1967
- ALLEN DALE JAGIELOPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · December 6, 1967
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · February 2, 1968
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- LEE THOMAS HAMMANHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT PINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES MITTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
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.