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ALBERT LEONARD GUNN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – June 15, 1968
Service recordAlbert Leonard Gunn, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 28
- GERALD HENRY LAVOIECorporal · June 15, 1968
- GUADALUPE LERMAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS EUGENE LONGSergeant · June 15, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.