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ROBERT WILLIAM HUNT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1939 – February 28, 1968
Service recordRobert William Hunt, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 67
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1939
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 28, 1968
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- RAY G JENKINSWarrant Officer 1 · February 28, 1968
- HERBERT ALBERT KEHRLITechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK TISNERO ALDAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 58
- ARCHIE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 58
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 60
- DENNIS PATRICK CLANCYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 61
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 65
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 68
- PATRICIO MALDONADO JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 69
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 72
- WALTER CHARLES SHELLITOSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 73
From Beckley
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · April 5, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
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.