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ROBERT GERALD HUNTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 26, 1941 – May 25, 1966
Service recordRobert Gerald Hunter, of Douglasville, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 25, 1966, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Douglasville, Georgia (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 109
- JOHN DAVID KRAMERSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- ARVIN DOUGLAS PENNELLSergeant · May 25, 1966
- RICHARD HOWARD ROYERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
From Douglasville
- ROBERT PAUL TIDWELLFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1969
- MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- DAVID BEAVERS WOODFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 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.