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RICHARD HUNT
Major · U.S. Army
March 8, 1936 – August 20, 1968
Service recordRichard Hunt, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 9
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 9
- JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- MICHEAL RAY HARLAMERTWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- ROY MARVIN JOHNSONSergeant · August 20, 1968
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 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.