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FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – October 31, 1970
Service recordFrancis Joseph Bunch, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 31
- JERRY ALLEN DENNISSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS GARY EHLERSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- LEON EMMANUEL KISERSergeant First Class · October 31, 1970
From Willow Grove
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · October 5, 1967
- PAUL THOMAS WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JEAN PIERRE SOUZONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 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.