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DON LEE UNGER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1945 – May 3, 1972
Service recordDon Lee Unger, of Lake Worth, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 3, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 13
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Worth, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1972; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Binh Long Province 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 1W, Line 13
- LESTER BRACEYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1972
- ALEXANDER MCIVERCaptain · May 3, 1972
- FREDDIE LEON SLATERStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1972
- DAVID BERYL WILLIAMSMajor · May 3, 1972
From Lake Worth
- ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LEE ANDREW RAWNPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK REILLYLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHEPPARDPetty Officer First Class · November 22, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN IILance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- ISMAEL SOLISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
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.