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GEORGE BRUCE GUNN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1949 – November 11, 1967
Service recordGeorge Bruce Gunn, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 72
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 72
- JOHN PAUL FALCONE JRCaptain · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- EDWARD BENJAMIN HARPERStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT EMMETT HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- LARRY MARTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 74
- EDWIN J MARTINEZ-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- GARY FRANCIS SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 76
- ROBERT MILTON STATON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 76
- JOHN STEINER STUCKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 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.