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WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – April 17, 1970
Service recordWilliam Kenneth Hunter, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · April 17, 1970
- RAFAEL COLON-SANTOSSergeant · April 17, 1970
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 17, 1970
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · April 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 16
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 17
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 17
- HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 18
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 19
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIKSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 19
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
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.