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CLEVELAND GYE WYNDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1938 – May 14, 1970
Service recordCleveland Gye Wynder, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 44
- KENT CHILDS TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- LEROY WALLACESergeant · May 14, 1970
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARNARD BACONPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 38
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.