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GEORGE DAVID CHUNKO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – September 13, 1969
Service recordGeorge David Chunko, of National City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 78
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- National City, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 78
- JAMES ARTHUR BURNSFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK CAMERONCaptain · September 13, 1969
- THOMAS GLENN CORNWELLPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- THOMAS WILEY NORMAN JRCaptain · September 13, 1969
From National City
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1970
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.