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BERTRAM ARNOLD BUNTING
Major · U.S. Army
January 4, 1936 – February 12, 1968
Service recordBertram Arnold Bunting, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- January 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- JOHN NELSON BROCKMANSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- HARRY WILLIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- CRAIG HAROLD BUELLSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.