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GARY LEE SUNDET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1944 – July 12, 1966
Service recordGary Lee Sundet, of Lake Preston, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Lake Preston, South Dakota (Kingsbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 19
- GEORGE SALVATORE YOHNNSONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE BARTONLance Corporal · July 13, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN JANKOWSKISpecialist Four · July 13, 1966
- FELIPE VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 13, 1966
From Lake Preston
- CURTIS LEE ANDERSENWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
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.