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GERALD VERNON LUNDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordGerald Vernon Lundy, of Anoka, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 5 BN 7 CAV
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Anoka, Minnesota (Anoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 126
- NEAL ALEXANDER LORD JRStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DAVID CARROLL MCCRANIESergeant · May 7, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN ORWIGSergeant · May 7, 1970
From Anoka
- BRADLEY EUGENE PETERSONStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1967
- BRUCE VERNON LENOUECorporal · March 30, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD BOWMAN JRAirman First Class · February 6, 1968
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN JENSENFireman · April 29, 1969
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- ARTHUR ANDREW DEHNCorporal · May 26, 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.