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GORDON MARLO GUNHUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1950 – March 29, 1970
Service recordGordon Marlo Gunhus, of Kenyon, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 55
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Kenyon, Minnesota (Goodhue County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 55
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · March 29, 1970
- GEORGE RICHARD CUTHBERTPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1970
- JAMES MURPHY FURGERSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · March 29, 1970
From Kenyon
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DANIELSONCaptain · December 5, 1969
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.