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GENE ARTHUR KUNST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1950 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGene Arthur Kunst, of Blanchard, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Assistant (62A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Blanchard, Michigan (Isabella County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 20
- EDWARD CHESTER KRAWCZYKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE CARLTON KURLINPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- STEPHEN M LASHINSKY JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ROY LEO LEDESergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 1
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 1
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 8
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 12
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 19
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 28
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 36
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
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.