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DAVID JAMES GUNSTER
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 5, 1926 – June 6, 1968
Service recordDavid James Gunster, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 3
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 5, 1926
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 3
- FRANK EDWIN GREGORYLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- MICHAEL SCOTT HAINESPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ELWOOD HANNINGSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
From Ridgewood
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- JAY JULIUS SCHMIDSergeant · December 7, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · August 6, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 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.