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CECIL ODELL BUNDAGE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1929 – September 26, 1968
Service recordCecil Odell Bundage, of Seaside, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 15
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1929
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; seven of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 15
- ROBERT VINSON BOLLMANSpecialist Four · September 26, 1968
- FREDERICK EARL BORCZYNSKISergeant · September 26, 1968
- JOHN LEE BOYDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- ANDREW THOMAS BUKOVINSKYCorporal · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MARION COX IISpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 16
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 19
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 24
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 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.