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CALVIN DOUGLAS GUNTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1949 – June 29, 1971
Service recordCalvin Douglas Gunter, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 94
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1971; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 94
- PHILLIP WAYNE BRIDGESSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- PAUL ALONZO DODSON SRCaptain · June 30, 1971
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- GERALD CLINTON HINSDALESpecialist Five · June 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 93
- MASON ALAN KEITHPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 93
- HARRY THOMAS WALTON JRCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 93
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
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.