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FRANCIS XAVIER BUNK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1949 – November 11, 1970
Service recordFrancis Xavier Bunk, of East Islip, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 50
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1949
- Home of record
- East Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 50
- CHARLES VENTON MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · November 10, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD GARLANDPrivate First Class · November 11, 1970
- CURTIS RICHARDSpecialist Five · November 11, 1970
From East Islip
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · August 30, 1967
- FRANK SARDINASpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES KIMMELFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWIN NESKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 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.