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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Bruce Hunter.

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ROBERT BRUCE HUNTER

Specialist · U.S. Army

August 15, 1946 – February 23, 1969

Service record

Robert Bruce Hunter, of Belmont, New York, served as a Specialist in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31W · Line 11

Position of Panel 31W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist (SPC)
Service
Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
Born
August 15, 1946
Home of record
Belmont, New York (Allegany County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 23, 1969
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 31W, Line 11

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.