William Balt Hunt

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankMaster Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromSandpoint Idaho
Date of DeathNovember 4 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Master Sergeant Hunt was a member of Detachment A-302, 5th Special Forces Group. On November 4, 1966, he was a passenger in a helicopter on an assigned mission that was diverted to Soui Da, 10 miles from Dau Tieng, South Vietnam to evacuate wounded. Upon landing, he voluntarily left the helicopter to assist the troops on the ground. As he was carrying the wounded company commander, he was mortally wounded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.