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WASHINGTON HUNTER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1937 – November 20, 1968
Service recordWashington Hunter, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 18
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
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 18
- ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- DANNY CHARLES HUDSONSergeant · November 20, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 14
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- DONALD PATRICK EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 17
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 18
- THOMAS PAUL SCHWABSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 21
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.