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CHARLES WAYNE BUNTION
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1953 – March 31, 1972
Service recordCharles Wayne Buntion, of Ironton, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 16, 1953
- Home of record
- Ironton, Missouri (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1972. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 125
- BRUCE ALLEN CROSBY JRSergeant · March 30, 1972
- MELVIN WAYNE FINCHCaptain · March 30, 1972
- MELVIN ROSCOE GLEATONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1972
- GARY PATRICK WESTCOTTSpecialist Five · March 30, 1972
From Ironton
- RICHARD WAYNE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
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.