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WILLIAM LARRIE HUNT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1944 – November 6, 1965
Service recordWilliam Larrie Hunt, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 23
- CHARLES JOSEPH ANTONELLYCorporal · November 6, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- JAMES J CRAFTONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
- HARRY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
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.