The Wall › Panel 9E › New Jersey › Frank Joseph Gundaker
FRANK JOSEPH GUNDAKER
Major · U.S. Army
January 14, 1934 – August 1, 1966
Service recordFrank Joseph Gundaker, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 93
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 93
- ALLAN LAMAR COXWarrant Officer 1 · August 1, 1966
- GEORGE DEVER CURRYPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- ARTHUR THOMAS FINNEYColonel · August 1, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GRANVILLE KITNERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 94
- RONALD JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 95
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 95
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.