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BERT MARRION GUENTHER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – November 15, 1970
Service recordBert Marrion Guenther JR, of West Covina, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 62
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 62
- WILLIS EDWARD EALEYSpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
- THURSTON CONRAD HEAGGANSCorporal · November 15, 1970
- VINCENT LOUIS ROSSI SRSergeant First Class · November 15, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM SALMONDCaptain · November 15, 1970
From West Covina
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
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.