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ALVIN FLYNN GUNTER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1935 – March 28, 1969
Service recordAlvin Flynn Gunter, of Rockwood, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 70
- TERRY DURAND GRAHAMFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- ROGER LEE HAWLEYCorporal · March 28, 1969
- KENNETH ROCKWELL HUGHESCaptain · March 28, 1969
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 67
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 68
- FRED LEE GABBINSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- GEORGE KENNETH GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 71
- DUSTAN WILLIAM MEEKSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 71
- GARY WARREN GROWPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 72
- GARY JOE POLLOCKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 74
- LON ARNOLD SPURLOCK IILieutenant Colonel · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JOHN WRIGHT SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
- ROBERT LESTER WEIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 77
From Rockwood
- JAMES EARL CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 29, 1966
- RALPH RONALD SPRINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- BILLY WALKER MCGHEEPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSONPetty Officer First Class · November 28, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHTSpecialist Five · September 11, 1970
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.