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GERALD JAMES GUNDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1946 – March 26, 1968
Service recordGerald James Gunderson, of Willmar, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician (1141)
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Willmar, Minnesota (Kandiyohi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 34
- BARRY LEE GRAHAMLance Corporal · March 26, 1968
- PAUL DAVID GRASSOPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNIE DARRIEL HARRISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE SKLODOSKISpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
From Willmar
- LAWRENCE HUBERT HARRISSergeant · October 15, 1966
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.