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GARY LEE KUNSHIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1949 – October 4, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Kunshier, of Wyoming, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Minnesota (Chisago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 5
- MELVIN DERWARD HEBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- GARY GEORGE LACHAPELLEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
From Wyoming
- GEORGE PORTEOUS COLLINSPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 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.