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DAVID CRAIG GUNDERSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – May 5, 1970
Service recordDavid Craig Gunderson, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 101
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 101
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND FEESERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- STEPHEN PAUL FINKEWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- CRAIG JAMES FOXChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- RAMON LEE GRAYSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- CRAIG JAMES FOXChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- RICHARD SHELDON MODENSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 103
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCDONALDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 104
- ROBERT IRA RABBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 106
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.