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DENNIS ANTHONY GUNDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – August 24, 1968
Service recordDennis Anthony Gunder, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 2
- STEVEN JOEL FOSTERCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JAMES T GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- ALBERT R GUTIERREZ JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.