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WILLIAM BALT HUNT
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1935 – November 4, 1966
Service recordWilliam Balt Hunt, of Sandpoint, Idaho, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 4, 1966, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 22
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 31, 1935
- Home of record
- Sandpoint, Idaho (Bonner County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 4, 1966
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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 12E, Line 22
- SEBERN EMLIS GRAHAM JRAirman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR KERNDLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- EDWARD JEROME MERRITTSergeant · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES NORMAN FINNSergeant First Class · Panel 12E, Line 20
From Sandpoint
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
- GLEN EMERY SHROPSHIREWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
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.